HUMAN CAPITAL IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS
The appeal to the category of «human capital», its conceptual development becomes particularly topical in the late 20th century. The conditions and requirements of the digital economy, which are actively stated by society, significantly increase the requirements for training graduates of educational institutions at all levels. Special attention is paid to the system of higher professional education. Intensive development of a person’s productive abilities and subsequent formation of its readiness (within the limits of competences) is possible only with significant investment in specific (primarily educational) processes of activity. Thus, investments in education, upbringing, and the formation of a healthy physical body are included in the first phase of creating human capital. The article discusses some aspects of the formation of human capital in the learning process. Human capital as an integral procedural component of the educational process is characterised by the level of intellectual and spiritual development, innovative abilities of students. In the context of higher education, the most clearly considered elements are manifested through a network of innovation parks. What we describe in the article, is the pedagogic innovation Park functioning at Petrozavodsk State University in its activities is subject to the tasks of increasing the availability and quality of education at all levels that meet the requirements of advanced innovative development of the regional economy. The success of innopark’s practical activities is shown in the creation and testing of a large number of methods in the work of the University, which include blocks and elements of forming the human capital of each student.