Ageism in the Academic Career: a study with professors

ABSTRACT Ageism is configured as discrimination against another person based on their age, occurring mainly in relation to the elderly. The phenomenon, despite being experienced by higher education teachers, little studied regards Education, Brazil. Seeking contribute debate, this article aims analyze ageism among professors at Federal University of Piauí. Therefore, Scale Organizational Context was applied professors, whose results were analyzed a multivariate way (Exploratory Factor Analysis and multiple linear regression), order identify predominant factors university. Two related identified, one positive negative.