“…Regarding beliefs, self-efficacy changes as a result of students' experiences and, in a cyclical process, success or failure in academic activities, the students perception of their own results and the performance of their colleagues, the influence they receive from the social context and how they try out physically and emotionally such experiences are sources of self-efficacy (Bandura, 1997;Zientek, Fong, & Phelps, 2019), which reaffirms the relevance of institutions planning actions and activities aimed at improving such judgments in university students. This is because academic success is not the exclusive responsibility of students, but institutions have a unique role through actions that impact the best judgment that students make of their abilities to face challenges (Bandura, 1997;Kahu & Nelson, In the present study, the low impact of age and receiving assistance grants on persistence and academic performance may be linked to the practices developed by the institution, with the objective of seeking equity in Higher Education (Araújo et al, 2019;Heringer, 2018). With an inclusive policy that allows minority groups access to post-secondary education, Australian studies highlight that although students arrive with different backgrounds, the institution's care for them allows the students to overcome initial inequalities (Kember, Leung, & Prosser, 2019).…”