Quality of education as essential for sustainable development of Russia
The article substantiates the role of higher education quality in meeting the challenges of sustainable development of economy and society, its conformance to current and future needs of economy and society. The article also shows the results of the research in this area obtained by scientists of the management Department of Ogarev Mordovia State University during the preparation for the International conference «Lifelong Education Sustainable Development». Questioning of pupils, students, teachers, employers and public authorities of a number of regions of the Russian Federation (Mordovia Republic, Novosibirsk, Tambov, Penza and Moscow regions) allowed to study the public opinion about the quality of higher education in Russia, about its conforming to current and future needs of the economy and society, on the necessity of lifelong learning; to identify areas for further development of Russian higher education and its quality improvement in the interests of sustainable development.