Abstract
As in other national contexts, higher education in Russia has become part of the neoliberal agenda. In the modern history of Russian higher education, changes in the attitude of the state toward higher education institutions consist of the gradual transition from the funding of state universities to payment for educational services and works ordered by the state. The increasing complexity of the social and economic structure of Russian society also contributes to the emergence of new interest groups, such as employers, social movements, and political organizations. In this chapter, we consider the external environment as a set of stakeholders whose expectations in respect of the aforementioned aspects of the social contract and the associated actions, mechanisms, and patterns of interaction affected the systemic and institutional dynamics of the Russian higher education system in the period 2000–2012.
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The term “university” refers to all types of higher education institutions.
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Smolentseva, A., Evgeny, K., Natalya, D. (2015). Russian System of Higher Education and Its Stakeholders: Ten Years on the Way to Congruence. In: Schwartzman, S., Pinheiro, R., Pillay, P. (eds) Higher Education in the BRICS Countries. Higher Education Dynamics, vol 44. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9570-8_11
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