The Russian University: recovery and rehabilitation

Abstract

This paper discusses the features of the Soviet higher education system that have been crucial to the formation of the current system and then focus on the main changes that it has endured in the past 20 years. We pay special attention to the current challenges in the sphere of higher education and the counter-measures taken by the government and the academic community.

Keywords:

• academic profession
• institutional change
• faculty
• academic standards

Notes

1. These six include: Russian Academies of Sciences, of Medical Sciences, of Education, of Agriculture Sciences, of Architecture and Construction Sciences, of Arts.

2. As of July 2008, there were 470 research institutions, more than 55,000 researchers, including more than 500 elected members of Academy and 800 corresponding members.