scholarly journals Trends of Academic Mobility in Russia: Statistical Analysis and Forecasting

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 421-439
Author(s):  
Tamara K. Rostovskaya ◽  
Olga A. Zolotareva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Academic Mobility ◽  
World University Rankings ◽  
Forecasting Methods ◽  
Russian Higher Education ◽  
State Initiatives ◽  
Growth Quality ◽  
Russian Universities

Introduction. Currently, the competitiveness of universities is determined by their level of internationalization, which cannot be imagined without academic mobility. This is reflected in world university rankings. Russian universities do not occupy leading positions in these ratings; they are losing their role in the global educational space. Today, it is necessary to make prompt, constructive decisions that contribute to the growth of academic mobility, however, the development of measures in this area is not possible without prospective estimates of indicators characterizing both the development of the internationalization of higher education and growth quality of education. In this regard, the purpose of the presented article is to build predictive scenarios for academic mobility in Russia. Materials and Methods. The research employs statistical methods of time series analysis and forecasting. Prospective values of the number of foreign citizens from various countries studying at Russian universities were obtained on the basis of exponential functions and adaptive forecasting methods. The choice of the model with the best forecast values is based on a formal-logical analysis coupled with a comparison of the main characteristics of accuracy and quality. Results. The article presents predictive scenarios of academic mobility in Russia: regressive, conservative, moderately optimistic. The obtained forecast results determine the possibilities of increasing the competitiveness of Russian education and improving the position of Russian universities in the world rankings only if highquality digital education is formed and developed on the basis of an infrastructure that ensures high technical reliability. Discussion and Conclusion. The proposed methodology and assessments of the prospective values of the targets for the growth of university academic mobility not only substantiate the expansion of the possibilities of using adaptive forecasting methods, which determines the scientific contribution of the study conducted by the authors, but can also be taken into account when adjusting/updating the planned values of indicators introduced into state initiatives to stimulate internationalization of Russian higher education, which points to the high practical importance of this article.

scholarly journals Academic excellence as “competitiveness enhancement” in Russian higher education

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Tsvetkova ◽  
Sylvie Lomer
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Academic Excellence ◽  
Content Type ◽  
World University Rankings ◽  
Russian Higher Education ◽  
The Government ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Russian Universities

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse critically the Russian Academic Excellence Initiative (the Project 5-100), designed to propel five leading Russian universities into world university rankings (WURs) by 2020, and research it through the lens of neoliberalism. The paper seeks to reveal recurrent discourses and dominant orders of discourse constituting the overall concept of “excellence” in Russian higher education (HE) policy. Design/methodology/approach Since the Project 5-100 has been designed in line with a neoliberal model of academic excellence initiatives, emphasising “competition as a driver of excellence” (Hazelkorn, 2009), Fairclough’s approach to critical discourse analysis (CDA) has been adopted as a qualitative research method. There is no universally accepted definition of “excellence” in HE policy; therefore, this CDA also aims at revealing the Russian government’s vision of the concept and its voice in HE policy. Findings The paper concludes that the government reinforces neoliberal discourse on the HE agenda and transforms the 5-100 Universities’ identities through emphasising the role of WURs in modernising the HE system. Consequently, within the neoliberal paradigm, the Project 5-100 can be regarded as a manifestation of the commodification of “excellence” in Russian HE policy. Originality/value This research intends to broaden knowledge of excellence initiatives in HE policy and reveal their features and neoliberal natures. It also seeks to contribute in terms of showcasing a qualitative study of the Project 5-100 for future comparative analyses of similar HE policies.

scholarly journals Domestic practices of increasing the international competitiveness of the Russian higher education institutions in the context of global challenges and threats

2021 ◽  
pp. 61-69
Author(s):  
M. A. Tanina ◽  
V. V. Bondarenko ◽  
V. A. Yudina ◽  
O. N. Leskina
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Research University ◽  
International Competitiveness ◽  
World University Rankings ◽  
Russian Higher Education ◽  
Education Market ◽  
Higher Education Market ◽  
Russian Universities

The Russian universities have to be demand among potential foreign applicants in the context of tightening competition in the global higher education market for resources, personnel and students. The possibility of attraction talented young people from other countries appears through the implementation of the education export in the context of the knowledge economy and global competition. In addition, interaction with foreign students contributes to the academic development of universities, knowledge diplomacy and international cooperation. The experience of the National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics and the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia in the field of increasing and applying indicators for assessing international competitiveness has been analysed. The correlation and regression analysis of the dependence of the number of foreign students studying in Russia on the number of Russian universities in the world university rankings has been carried out. The assessment of changes in the work of universities to attract foreign students during the COVID-19 pandemic has been performed.

scholarly journals Universities in the Conditions of Change: Request for Social Innovation

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (10) ◽  
pp. 161-167
Author(s):  
I. I. Soshenko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Institutional Changes ◽  
University Rankings ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
World University Rankings ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Russian Universities

A constantly growing demand for ensuring the competitiveness of countries in the international arena and improving the quality of higher education actualizes changes in universities. The author analyzes the scientific literature and strategic documents of universities, the leaders in the international ratings of Times Higher Education World University (THE) and QS World University Rankings (QS), as well as development strategies of the top Russian universities – participants of the 5-100 program. Based on the analysis, the author identifies ways to maintain the change of universities “from below” – the development of subjectivity, updating the socio and humanitarian agenda and design of collaborations. Besides, the author pays special attention to possible directions for the development of social innovations supporting university changes, such as institutional changes in interactions, associations of different university models and pedagogical bioethics.

scholarly journals IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE SYSTEM OF STATE REGULATION

2021 ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
Ek.V. Agamirova ◽  
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N.V. Kosareva ◽  
El.V. Agamirova ◽  
N.A. Ulyakina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Educational System ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Academic Mobility ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
The Russian Federation

The article considers approaches to improving the quality of higher education in the system of state regulation. It is established that the reform of the educational system in the Russian Federation requires adequate changes in the internal management of universities, their transition to the principles of strategic planning, monitoring of the educational services market, personnel management, expansion of academic freedoms and academic mobility of all participants in the educational process.

scholarly journals Deming’s 14 points in modern higher education

2021 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
pp. 02002
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Bagrova ◽  
Sergei Kruchinin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Education ◽  
Regular Education ◽  
Private Universities ◽  
Government Schools ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Russian Higher Education ◽  
Legal Restrictions

The paper discuss possibility to implement Deming’s 14 points into Russian higher education, taking into account partially online development. The majority of these points can be used to improve the quality of higher education. However, there are many legal restrictions to public education that result in specific, measurable results that do not fully implement Deming’s theories. Therefore, private universities have more potential to improve their quality then government schools. This fact explains the popularity of additional or professional courses in Russia as a substitute for regular education.

scholarly journals The Research on the Global Competitiveness of the Leading Russian Universities

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (7) ◽  
pp. 164-167
Author(s):  
V. S. Senashenko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
University Ranking ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Russian Higher Education ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Russian Universities

The article is a review of a monograph “The Global Competitiveness of Leading Universities: Models and Methods for Estimating and Forecasting” written by I.P. Boiko, V.G. Khalin, E.M. Anokhina. The book discusses the models and methods for university competitiveness assessment, approaches to the formation of university ranking, specific problems concerning improving of the competitiveness of Russian universities and the system of Russian higher education. The reviewed monograph will be useful to a wide range of readers who are interested in the development of the Russian higher education system.

scholarly journals Institutional Traps of Digitalization of Russian Higher Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 59-75
Author(s):  
M. A. Golovchin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Original Matrix ◽  
Russian Higher Education ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Institutional Traps ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Russian Universities

In 2016-2018 the state in Russia adopted a package of program documents, which implies the transfer of education to the large-scale introduction of digital technologies. This phenomenon has been called “digitalization of education”. In scientific literature, electronization and digitalization are increasingly called one of the institutional traps for the development of Russian universities, since the corresponding institutional environment has not yet been formed due to the forced nature of innovations. As a result, the processes of introducing new technologies into education are still not regulated. Within the framework of the purpose of the study, the manifestations of the trap of electronization and digitalization of Russian higher education were analyzed on the basis of sociological data, and the theoretical modeling of the process of adaptation of educational agents to the institution of digitalization was carried out.In the course of the study, the approaches were summarized that have been developed in discussions on educational digitalization. The article presents the author’s vision of the studied phenomenon as an institutional trap; as well as understanding of the institutional features and characteristics of electronization and digitalization in education.The research method is the analysis of estimates obtained in the course of an expert survey which was conducted by the Vologda Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences among the representatives of the teaching staff of state universities in the Vologda region. In the course of this analysis, the indicators of educational digitalization as an effective innovation were clarified such as an increased accessibility of educational resources; simplification of communication and the process of transferring knowledge from teacher to student; increased opportunities for training specialists for the new (digital) economy; improving the quality of education in universities, etc. Based on the results of the empirical study, it has been determined that the conditions for the development of digitalization in Russian universities are currently ambiguous, which is closely related to the level of competitiveness of the educational organization.The scientific novelty of the research consists in the presentation of an original matrix describing the process of university employees adaptation to the conditions of digital transformation of education. The matrix is proposed on the basis of a sociological analysis of the impact of the trap of electronization and digitalization on the activities of educational agents. The matrix can be taken into account in the practice of higher education management.

Consortium of online digital libraries: the experience of 280 universities in Russia and the CIS countries

Infolib ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-33
Author(s):  
Anastasia Privalova ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
Electronic Library ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Current State ◽  
Scientific Organizations ◽  
Russian Higher Education ◽  
Cis Countries ◽  
Russian Universities

The activity of the modern university library is connected, among other things, with the creation of strong links between different educational and scientific organizations. The goal of such cooperation is to improve the quality and accessibility of Russian higher education, including its digital forms. These problems are solved by a non-profit project of the electronic library system Lan, called Consortium of Network Electronic Libraries (Consortium NEL). It helps universities to optimize costs, increase the number of books and manuals for free. The project already involves 284 universities from Russia and the CIS countries (Kazakhstan, Belarus). Their publications form a book collection of 37 000 textbooks, manuals, workshops and lecture courses on the Lan’s platform. The article describes how the project was created, what is its current state and what are its opportunities. The experience of 284 Russian universities and universities of the CIS countries can be useful for libraries of all educational organizations.

Modern University Education: Administrative and Bureaucratic Pressures and Their Consequences

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4-1) ◽  
pp. 113-128
Author(s):  
Andrey Ivanov ◽  
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Irina Fotieva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
University Education ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Quality Of Teaching ◽  
Russian Higher Education

The article considers two interrelated problems of modern Russian higher education: the strengthening of administrative coercion and control as well as the introduction of distance education. As a theoretical and methodological basis of the study, the authors rely on the socio-philosophical analysis of the problems of education in the famous S.I. Hessen’s work, where three basic principles of the effective functioning of the university are highlighted: the completeness of scientific knowledge, the freedom of teaching and learning, and self-government. The authors substantiate the view that at present all these principles are violated. Violation of the first of them is manifested in a decrease in hours devoted to the teaching of fundamental disciplines and in a general orientation toward the graduation of a “narrow” specialist; the second principle is incompatible with the extremely increased reporting of universities and overly formalized indicators of the quality of their work. Violation of the third principle is manifested in the gradual elimination of university autonomy, in particular, free election of rectors. The most negative manifestation of administrative pressure, according to the authors, today is the forced introduction of distance learning. The authors critically analyze the main arguments put forward in favor of this project: saving university budgets, ensuring a higher quality of teaching, the need to follow the general logic of modernization of education as a whole. The solution to financial problems, according to the authors, should not be based on forced economy, but on the competent organization of the country’s economic life. An appeal to a higher quality of teaching, which, it is argued, must be provided by teachers from the country’s central universities, is based on biased and unproven ideas. In addition, for mastering critical and systematic thinking skills, conducting scientific discussions, direct communication between teachers and students is necessary, which is not feasible in the conditions of online teaching with a very large number of students. In addition, the authors highlight the idea that nobody takes into account the need for close knowledge of a particular audience by a teacher to choose an adequate style of lecturing or conducting practical classes. The article concludes that the current administrative-bureaucratic style of managing higher education, in which not only the basic principles of the successful functioning of the latter are violated, but also destructive reforms are carried out, is destructive not only for education as such, but also for the state itself.

Approach to Internationalization Educational Programs in Russian Higher Education

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 23-29
Author(s):  
Григорьева ◽  
I. Grigoreva ◽  
Виноградова ◽  
Marina Vinogradova ◽  
Суслова ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Russian Higher Education ◽  
The World ◽  
Double Degree ◽  
Double Degree Programs ◽  
Short Courses ◽  
Russian Universities

This article is devoted to the issues of higher education programs internationalization in Russia as a necessary and timely process. In the context of globalization the world’s processes high adaptability of the graduate will contribute to his successful career. This quality in combination with the presence of the necessary competencies graduate with a set of descriptors today especially in demand in the labor market. Implementation of joint training programs with the use of various forms of internationalization, starting with short courses and specialized programs to double degree programs, creates for students in Russian universities the opportunity to develop the necessary competencies in view modern trends in economics, sociology, politics, culture, not only domestically, but also in the world. Consideration the questions of the adaptability of existing programs, their importance for the Russian higher education of the experience increases the relevance of the article the problems encountered in the process of practical implementation of internationalized programs training in Russia.

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