We All Learned a Little

Abstract

The article analyzes the problem of education's transformation into a business, one that fundamentally changes the mission of higher educational institutions. It focuses attention on the fact that the instability of the activity and the uncertainty of the prospect of development of higher education in this country are reducing the quality of training of the kind of specialist who is able to accomplish the most urgent tasks of today.

Notes

English translation © 2015 Taylor & Francis, from the Russian text © 2014 “Alma Mater.” “My vse uchilis’ ponemnogu, ili po kom zvonit kolokol,” Alma Mater (Vestnik vysshei shkoly), 2014, no. 3, pp. 12–17. A publication of the Russian Federation Ministry of Education and Science, the Eurasian University Association, the Association for Engineering Education, and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.E.A. Uvarov is a doctor of psychological sciences, a professor, and head of the department of psychological pedagogical education at Tambov G.R. Derzhavin State University.Translated by Kim Braithwaite.

^1. The target of such a psychological “hunt” very often is a highly qualified instructor who, because of his personal or professional qualities, is distinguished from the mass worker. His composure and independence pose a threat to the mediocre majority.