Issue 2, 2020

Belov S. A., Linskaya Yu. V., Kropachev N. M. Unity of the system of state universities in today’s Russia.

The constitutional right to education includes legally guaranteed opportunities for every resident of the Russian Federation to get higher education, necessary for professional activity and meeting the requirements of the modern labor market, regardless of their place of residence, educational institution or educational program. Today, in the education system of Russia the assets and financial funds are administratively distributed among state universities, which concurrently maintain wide autonomy. Meanwhile, the practice of cooperation and collaboration between state universities is not properly elaborated; it does not secure collective access to the resources which, if exploited jointly, would increase their effectiveness. This causes a considerable misbalance of resource allocation between a group of flagship universities and other state universities, disproportion of regional development, and, in the long run, violation of an individual right to get quality education in different state universities. The authors suggest a set of measures that address the above-mentioned problems and provide the transition of the state universities education management system in Russia to a new up-to-date quality for regulatory and administrative support of education. Keywords: right to education, system of higher education in Russia, state management of education, state programs of development for universities, networks of universities, state universities in Russia, Ministry of science and higher education.

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