Предпосылки и проблемы концепции нелинейного развития высшего образования в российском макрорегионе

This article represents the first study of legal problems and the potential development of publicprivate partnerships (PPP) in science and higher education in Russia. The author considers PPP to be the most flexible and promising instrument for attracting private investments for such infrastructure, which support required enhancement of cooperation between scientific and educational institutions and real companies, and therefore facilitates achieving national goals and strategic tasks for the development of science in the Russian Federation. Compared to ordinary models of cooperation between the public and private sectors, this approach represents closer cooperation of scientific and educational potential of the public sector with investment, technology, and industrial resources from the private sector. At the same time, the government and universities themselves, competing for students and financing, more than ever require resources for infrastructure development. The author analyses advantages of PPP models for both the private and public sectors, general conditions for development of this mechanism in the country, and how public-private partnership in the traditional sense in higher education and science in Russia has better prospects than elsewhere, such as Great Britain, where higher education is private and in the best case partially financed from the public budget. Furthermore, the government does not play a considerable role in managing educational organizations and does not own its facilities. At the same time, considerable disbalances between needs of economic and innovative development of the country and the quality of PPP legislation is clearly noted, as well as particular legislative problems, and the author provies recommendations on how to improve laws.

The objective of the article is a comprehensive study of state policy in the field of higher education in Russia, an analysis of its conceptual foundations and practical mechanisms for implementation. The relevance of the work is due to the dynamic transformation of the educational space under the influence of the technological revolution, globalization processes and the changing requirements of the modern economy for the training of specialists. In the context of digital transformation and increased international competition in the field of knowledge, higher education is acquiring strategic importance as a factor in economic development and national security. This requires the state to develop a balanced policy that combines innovative approaches with the preservation of traditional academic values. Of particular importance are the issues of ensuring equal access to quality education and supporting research activities in universities. The methodological basis of the study is based on a combination of a systems approach and interdisciplinary analysis. The study of the regulatory framework and strategic documents allows us to identify the priorities of state regulation in the educational sphere. The use of sociological methods (expert interviews, public opinion analysis) makes it possible to assess the effectiveness of the measures being implemented and identify existing problems. Particular attention is paid to the role of the state as a system-forming element in the development of higher education. The theoretical significance lies in the systematization of problematic aspects of state policy in the field of higher education in modern Russia, which contributes to the deepening of scientific understanding of its effectiveness and contradictions. The work expands the theoretical basis for the analysis of educational reforms, identifies key trends and patterns, and forms the basis for further research in the field of educational policy. The results can be used to develop new concepts and models of higher education management. The practical significance lies in identifying key problems of higher education, which allows developing recommendations for government bodies to improve educational policy. Based on current data, the authors identify key trends and prospects for the development of the Russian higher education system in the context of global challenges.

This paper studies transformations in the role of higher education in Russia as represented in official Soviet and post-Soviet policy documents between the 1950s and 2013. The focus is on the categories defining the purposes and tasks of higher education in the larger context of society and economy. There is a basic dichotomy in relation to the purposes and role of higher education, between vocational training (which is seen as a determining factor in the economic development) and personal development/education (seen as a condition of social development). The balance of these two poles, economic instrumentalism and social instrumentalism, changes throughout the history. The Soviet documents emphasized the importance of both, with the predominance of the social instrumentalism. The transitional period of the late 1980s and early 1990s is characterized by increasing humanistic discourse in regard to higher education. Later post-Soviet documents, reflecting neoliberal policies, largely abandon social instrumentalism and more exclusively promote the economic role of higher education. Economic instrumentalism is the meeting point of two historical eras, with their respective ideologies and political agendas. Connecting Soviet and neoliberal discourses highlights the importance of historical legacies in regard to the economic, applied nature of higher education, and underlines the crucial role of the state, which facilitated acceptance of neoliberal agendas in Russian society. The analysis also contributes to further understanding of the nature of the neoliberal reforms globally and in post-socialist countries.

The paper discusses the educational models currently used in Russian higher education, among them are such as: Liberal, Professional and Blended. Along with the models we analyse some possible mechanisms able to harmonize the learning outcomes, which universities denote as the teaching goal, and the requirements of the labor market. The analysis includes a comparison of the goals, consideration of different approaches to academic freedoms and description of the tools used within the models under discussion. Models-based comparison allows us to identify some additional opportunities enabling generation of more effective management mechanisms applied to organize processes in higher education institutions, including the harmonization of higher education outcomes and the labor market requirements. We conclude that inaccurate identification of the educational model can pose the following risks, such as: inadequacy of the choice of the educational model to the goals and objectives of state policy in the field of education; underestimation of economy indices influence impacting much the mechanisms going on in the labor market (this tendency is poorly reflected in higher education methodologies and strategies); reassessment of the educational model potentials for successful solution of the issues relating to quality, efficiency and availability of higher education. These discrepancies in choosing the educational model that will be applicable and capable to tackle the current challenges can bring some negative trends to the higher education system. The contradiction arising in the regulatory framework is indicated. The reason for its occurrence is studied.

Nowadays, digitalization is affecting all sectors of global economy, including higher education. This process should be conscious and well-structured. This study featured the digitalization phenomenon in higher education, namely its impact on human resources and the strategizing of digital transformation.The author used the theory of strategy and strategizing methodology developed by Professor V.L. Kvint to design the strategy of the digital transformation in the sphere of higher education in Russia. Other methods and approaches included analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization, and scientific abstraction. The study resulted in a conceptual framework for strategizing the digital transformation of higher education in Russia. The OTSW analysis proved that the digital transformation of higher education is currently experiencing various difficulties. Most of them are associated with the penetration of digital technologies into academic environment, the socio-psychological risks, and the personality digitalization. The Russian system of higher education needs effective digital strategizing and a clear methodology to overcome all these difficulties.

The present article is focused on a general analysis of labor relations in a modern university, as well as on the study of some specific characteristics of these relations. In recent decades, economic policy in higher education has changed significantly in different countries of the world. The goal of the study is to analyze modern approaches to regulating the labor status of a university teacher and its elements. The authors investigate the history of the transformations of higher education since the 1990s which resulted in higher education turning from the sphere of human capital production into an independent branch of the service sector. The article shows that, as a result of the higher education system reforms, changes in university management, the system of labor relations, and the socio-economic status of university teachers are taking place. Various university management models are explored. It is demonstrated that in the modern setting, internal control is replaced by external control, academic freedom is pushed aside by administration, and academic standards are modified and replaced by formal rules. These reforms are accompanied by major changes in labor relations and the role of management and teaching staff in universities. Various examples of the construction of labor relations with teachers adopted in different countries are studied. Close attention is paid to approaches to stimulating teaching activities. In the light of the current difficult situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the problems of labor relations aggravated with the transition to distance and blended learning are considered. The drawbacks preventing a higher quality of higher education in Russia are identified. Proposals for improving the regulation of labor relations in the field of higher education aimed at improving its quality are presented.

Higher education in Russia is currently being reformed. A standardized computer-graded test and educational vouchers were introduced to make higher education more accessible, fund it more effectively, and reduce corruption in admissions to public colleges. The voucher project failed and the test faces furious opposition. This paper considers vouchers, standardized tests, educational loans, and privatization as related to educational corruption. Many criticize the test for increasing educational corruption, but it is needed to replace the outdated admissions policy based on entry examinations. This paper also considers the growing de facto privatization of the nation’s higher education system as a fundamental process that should be legalized and formalized. It suggests that the higher education industry should be further restructured, and decentralized and privatized, and sees educational loans as a necessary part of the future system of educational funding.

The article investigates the economical efficiency of investments in higher education in modern conditions of Russia. The beginning of the article includes a characteristic of the existing empiric research concerning the efficiency of investments in human capital assets. Further the author of the article introduces the results of pay off calculation of private investments in higher education. The result of the research was that in modern conditions of Russia investments in higher education are exceedingly advantageous. High norms of higher education feedback and short period of pay off of these investments explain the reasons of continuously growing demand for it on the part of the population, especially young people. The article proves that the level of population education in Russia is quite high, however accumulated human capital asset is used insufficiently effective. Many people with higher education are forced to take jobs not requiring higher education. Sharp shift in educational behavior of Russian people raises new demands to labor market. Graduates of higher educational institutions, appearing on a labor market, form qualitatively different demands towards it. But tempo of Russian economics development today can not provide job positions for all graduates of higher educational institutions. That is why structural change of economics is needed.

Introduction. In connection with Russia»s withdrawal from the European level system of higher education based on the principles of the Bologna Declaration, the question of which way Russian universities should move on has become acute. It is clear that in modern conditions, a return to the Soviet system of higher education is impossible. At the same time, Russian universities have already managed to adapt to a certain extent to the level system of higher education, seeing in it certain advantages caused primarily by a practice-oriented approach providing for the training of specialists for a market economy.Purpose setting. The purpose of the article is to propose possible ways to modernize the Russian higher education system after abandoning the basic principles of the Bologna Declaration.Methodology and methods of the study. The methodological basis of the study was the systems thinking that reveals the essence of the changes taking place and how certain changes can affect the holistic process of functioning of higher education in Russia.Results. To achieve the purpose of the study, a theoretical analysis of scientific, popular science, educational literature on the subject of the study was carried out; analysis of educational and methodological documentation (curricula, basic professional educational programs, work programs of disciplines), regulatory documents (FSES, professional standards, approximate basic educational programs, professional standards, instructional letters of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, etc.). The main features of the functioning of Russian universities in the Soviet and post-Soviet periods are considered. Various aspects of the functioning of higher education are touched upon, on which the quality of training of future specialists depends to a greater extent.Conclusion. Further progressive development of higher education in Russia is possible only if all factors affecting the processes taking place within certain university are taken into account. And the main task today should be a collective search for ways to further modernize the Russian higher education system, taking into account the positive experience accumulated by universities in various areas of their functioning.

The article highlights the specific features of the foreignlanguage instruction in the system of higher education in Russia. The principles of teaching French for future specialists in mining industry of Kuzbass in comparison with that of English in the institutions of higher education are analyzed. The focus is on the actual difference of approaches to teaching French and English at universities from the standpoint of the student/teacher ratio, basic principles of language education and its content. The variety of extracurricular activities at Kemerovo universities is described as a solution to the current problems in teaching French. The contribution of Language and Culture Centers at Kemerovo State University to training specialists for coal-mining enterprises of Kuzbass is revealed.

It is widely believed that higher education in Russia has become almost universal and more people go to universities compared to most European countries. In this paper we explore this issue empirically with the Russian and European census data and data from the Trajectories in Education and Careers (TREC), a longitudinal cohort study. According to the 2010 census, only 34% of people aged between 25 and 34 in Russia have university degrees, which is nearly the same as in most Eastern European countries and slightly fewer than in Western Europe. The TREC data show that only about 50% of 2012 ninthgrade graduates were university students in 2015. The expansion of higher education in Russia has been in line with the overall European trends. Similar to other countries, there have been changes to the gender composition of university students in Russia over the last two decades, with girls being more likely to attend university than boys. The analysis of social backgrounds of students with different educational trajectories reveals a onsiderable social inequality within the Russian education system. Eighty-four percent of school graduates with university-educated parents are admitted to university, as compared to only 32% of children from less-educated families. Graduation from ninth grade represents an educational fork that is crucial for inequality, as children from less socially advantaged families tend to opt for vocational education at this stage. Graduation from eleventh grade is a less important educational transition: at least 80% of high school students get admitted to university after graduating from 11th grade.

The subject of the study is the fundamental problems of the development of higher education in Russia, due to the need to neutralize the destructive reforms implemented in the 1990s, ensuring a return to the basic principles of fundamental, rather than competence–based education. The purpose of the work is to identify the needs for a reverse transition from competencies to fundamental education with the deployment of personnel planning at the macroeconomic level of management of the Russian state. The research methodology consists of comparative institutional analysis, conceptual approaches to assessing the impact of higher education on economic development. It is concluded that the application of the Bologna education system has caused the undermining of the competitiveness of Russian universities, reducing the effectiveness of training highly qualified specialists. There was an effect of emasculating the procedures for training highly qualified personnel, and dysfunction in the activities of higher education in Russia increased. This was facilitated by the lack of planning at the federal level for the training of personnel for the national economy. The result of the analysis boils down to the fact that in relation to Russia, the doctrine of socialization of higher education should be implemented in full accordance with the Constitution as the basic source of the Russian legal system, where Russia is called a social state. This means equal and free access to higher education, which ensures the reproduction of national personnel (and not the provision of services), regardless of the level of personal income. Thus, in the strategic dimension, it is necessary to strengthen public higher education, which provides for the elimination of private forms of organization of this activity that have shown their inefficiency, and the establishment of a common vector for the de-elitization of higher education. It is concluded that the main emphasis in personnel training should be placed on increasing the knowledge intensity and research component of higher education in various specialties. It requires the training of a significant layer of specialists in each field with the strengthening of their general fundamental training. It is useful to recreate the system of employment of specialists in the public and private sectors of the economy.

Поднимается вопрос о развитии направления оказания психологической поддержки участникам образовательного процесса в системе высшего образования. Актуальность его решения обусловлена социальными, политическими и экономическими изменениями, происходящими в мире. Становлению рассматриваемого направления способствуют внедрение Концепции развития сети психологических служб в образовательных организациях высшего образования в России. На примере созданной в 2020 году Службы психологической поддержки Владимирского государственного университета анализируются основные направления работы и тематика запросов клиентов за последние три года. The question is raised about the development of areas of providing psychological support to participants in the educational process in the higher education system. The relevance of its solution is determined by the social, political and economic changes taking place in the world. The establishment of this direction is facilitated by the implementation of the Concept for the development of a network of psychological services in educational institutions of higher education in Russia. Using the example of the Psychological Support Service of Vladimir State University, created in 2020, the main areas of work and topics of client requests over the past three years are analyzed.

The experience of remote learning during the pandemic COVID-19 significantly accelerated the process of digitalisation of the higher education in Russia and intensified preparations for the transition to a model of the Digital University. However, even those educational institutions that successfully applied remote technologies in the educational process faced the problem of effectively managing the entire remote learning system. The aim of the study is to identify the management potential of remote learning at universities in Russia from the point of view of the methodology of active management systems. Models of the remote learning system in institutions of higher education relevant for different stages of development have been created; recommendations are made to integrate the proposed models into the Digital University model. Research results contribute to the development of the theory and practice of active management systems in terms of modelling remote learning in institutions of higher education.

The article deals with the problems of formation and development of higher education in Russia and establishment of law to free higher education in Russian Constitutions of 1918–1978.