University Autonomy: Higher Education in Russia Since Perestroika

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ISBN: 9780203499931 | 020349993X
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This study focuses on the national higher education policies and institutional strategies that foster or hinder individual Russian universities in applying newfound principles of autonomy.

Introduction: Reforming Higher Education in Russia
Purpose of the study
Soviet legacy, or why changes were needed in higher education (HEd)
Perestroika movement in Russian education (1986-1990)
Regional policy in HEd reform and its implications for institutional behaviour
The status of HEd institutions in the old system and the consequences of the new stratification
The transformation of Russian higher education in the 1990s
Conclusion
Theoretical Context and the Model of Analysis
Towards a definition of university autonomy along the state-university relationship continuum
University autonomy from organizational and sociological perspectives
Autonomy of Russian Universities in the context of overarching policy from centralized planning to market
Autonomy of Russian universities in the context of center-periphery relations
University-state relations: strong versus weak central state
Centralism and localism of organizational governance: governments and universities
Factors that increase scope for local unit autonomy
Financial capacity for university autonomy
Austerity driven financial strategies of universities
Relevance of institutional autonomy
Statement of research problems and organization of the study
Research strategies and methods
Decentralization and Regional Autonomy in the Russian Federation
Introduction
Rationale for regional decentralisation and "regional ascendance"
Legal framework: conception of the state
Politics of central-regional relations and regional leadership
Regional economic discrepancies and their implications for educational provision
Issues of fiscal federalism
Conclusion
Changes in the Higher Education Sector Towards Increased Institutional Autonomy
Introduction
Context and key actors in the Russian higehr education policy
Between state and market: higher education reform trends
Factors effecting higher education today
Actors affected by national policy towards more institutional autonomy
The key areas for institutional autonomy and the current state of affairs
The financial challenge and some examples of university responses
Predicaments of institutional autonomy in higher education
Conclusion
Case Studies of Three Universities
Introduction
St Petersburg State University
Novosibirsk State Technical University
Kemerovo State University
Conclusion
Discussion and Conclusions
Strategies of individual universitiesto enhance institutional autonomy
Limitations of the study and recommendations for future research
Principles of autonomy
Effects of increased university autonomy
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