05. Zborovsky G.E., Ambarova P.A. Higher education in the Ural macro-region: possibilities for nonlinear development

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DOI: 10.15507/1991-9468.088.021.201703.405-420

Higher Education in the Ural Macro-Region: Possibilities for Nonlinear Development

Garold E. Zborovsky
Professor, Chair of Sociology and Technology of State and Municipal Management, Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin (19, Mira St., Yekaterinburg 620002, Russia), Dr.Sci. (Philosophy), Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8153-0561, Researcher ID: E-6142-2014, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Polina A. Ambarova
Professor, Chair of Sociology and Technology of State and Municipal Management, Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin (19, Mira St., Yekaterinburg 620002, Russia), Dr.Sci. (Sociology), ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3613-4003, Researcher ID: R-6839-2016, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Introduction: the article shows that the optimisation and restructuring of the higher education system in Russia and especially in the regions (subjects of Federation) and the macro-regions (federal districts) do not lead to the expected results, primarily at the regional level. The authors prove the necessity of searching for ways of nonlinear development of the higher education, that helps to minimise the risks and negative consequences of this process. The purpose of the article is to identify the opportunities for nonlinear development of the higher education system in the macro-region through the formation of network interaction between the higher educational institutions of the federal district as a key factor in solving economic, social and cultural problems.
Materials and Methods: the interdisciplinary methodology is used, which includes the principles of the theory of nonlinearity, network, system and institutional analysis, exchange theory, theories of stakeholders and resource dependence. The empirical base of the research includes the statistic data, and the results of a semi-formalised in-depth expert interview.
Results: the research on the processes taking place in the higher education of the Ural Federal District shows contradictions and difficulties caused by liquidation of separate higher education institutions, by the disunity and distancing of educational organisations, science, business, authority, the absence of a higher school system in the macro-region that could successfully promote the development of the district. The article deals with a new, nonlinear understanding of universities network interaction between the main educational communities, academic mobility within the macro-region, university relations with science, economy, authority, stakeholders. The necessity for normative regulation of these relations within the subjects of the Federation and federal districts is underlined.
Discussion and Conclusions: the results of the research and their discussions with the representatives of the public authorities show wide possibilities of introducing into the higher education system of a macro-region at least some components of the nonlinear model.

Keywords: higher education, nonlinear development of higher education, macro-region, region, universities network interaction, academic mobility, interaction of educational communities

Acknowledgements: the article is supported by the Russian Science Foundation (Grant no. 16-18-10046) “Forming Nonlinear Model of the Russian Higher Education in the Region in the Context of Economic and Social Uncertainty”.

For citation: Zborovsky G.E., Ambarova P.A. Higher education in the Ural macro-region: possibilities for nonlinear development. Integratsiya obrazovaniya = Integration of Education. 2017; 21(3):405-420. DOI: 10.15507/1991-9468.088.021.201703.405-420

Contribution of the authors: Garold E. Zborovsky – scientific management; development of the research methods; revision and editing the final text; analysis of empirical data. Polina A. Ambarova – writing the draft; analysis of empirical data; critical analysing and final editing; compilation of bibliography.

All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.

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