Resumo
This paper investigates the transformations in the last 30 years in the Rectors' and
Presidents' profiles of higher education institutions in the southeastern region of
Brazil based on the analysis of their trajectories. It uses as theoretical reference the
contributions of sociologist Pierre Bourdieu and his studies on the university field in
order to identify possible changes in the forms of capital accumulation in these
institutions. For this study, a prosopographical research was carried out based on
data obtained from the Lattes curricula and, for data analysis, the technique of
multiple correspondence analysis - MCA - was applied. A change was observed
especially in the rectors of federal universities, who proceeded to have a trajectory of
greater accumulation of scientific capital and university management.