Attempting to end a monthlong strike by public-university professors, the Brazilian government has agreed to hasten new guidelines for promotion and career development. Strikers, unhappy at the rigid ways federal universities are run, say it can take 30 years for even the most talented professors to reach the tops of their departments.
The two sides on Tuesday held their first meeting since the strike began, on May 17. Classes have been halted at more than 50 of the country’s 59 federal universities.