University of the future: the development strategy | Tomsk State University Journal of History. 2018. № 52. DOI: 10.17223/19988613/52/13

University of the future: the development strategy

The article presents a project "University of the Future: strategy for development" which was composed by the participants of the International summer school "Higher Education and Academic Mobility of Youth in Modern Integration Processes" held by Tomsk State University on July 2-5, 2017. The authors are lecturers, researchers and students from the universities of Bishkek, Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk and Khanty-Mansiysk. Working small teams project's participants elaborated strategy for university development that will help an university to meet challenges posed by globalization, internationalization of higher education and increasing competition in higher education institutions around the globe. The article focuses on three dimensions of university activities: 1) matching the graduates' skills and competences with the labor market requirements; 2) ensuring international academic mobility; 3) integrating the university into the world educational sphere. The article includes both the analysis of current condition of higher education in Russia as well as the number of recommendations necessary for updating Russian higher education For instance, to guarantee employment of most graduates the university has to match its educational programs to the needs of both local and international employers. Therefore, it is offered to expand the university autonomy; improve university vocational guidance; create universities' analytic centers aimed at labor market monitoring; involve employers in training; develop joint educational programs and students' exchanges. To develop academic mobility it may be advised to improve the system of informing students and researchers about the existing opportunities for academic mobility; to ensure transparence of candidates selection; to provide the infrastructure for familiarization with the world experience. To facilitate the integration of the university into the world educational sphere it may be recommended to involve PhD and Masters students in informing senior pupils and freshmen about the essence of higher education and academic mobility; to involve native speaking students in the adaptation of foreign students; to facilitate the arrival of foreign specialists to the university for the exchange of experience.

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университет, рынок труда, академическая мобильность, мировое образовательное пространство, university, labor market, academic mobility, world educational sphere

Authors

NameOrganizationE-mail
Deriglazova Larisa V.Tomsk State Universitydlarisa@inbox.ru
Balyakin Artyom A.SRC Kurchatov institutBalyakin_AA@nrcki.ru
Pogorelskaya Anastasia M.Tomsk State Universitylisbonne@rambler.ru
Poltarykhina Irina E.Kemerovo State Universityirina_poltarihina@mail.ru
Shabalina Alina D.Kemerovo State Universityshabalinaalina7@mail.ru
Kataman Dmitry O.Omsk State Universitykatamandmitry@gmail.com
Trifonova Daria D.Tomsk State Universitydaryatrfnv@gmail.com
Shvedov Denis V.Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Managementnathalieleskina@gmail.com
Leskina Natalia V.Ural Federal Universityaleksieim@yandex.ru
Mikhailov Alexei M.Irkutsk State Universityaleksieim@yandex.ru
Ozubekova MeerimMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic Diplomatic Academy named after Kazi Dikambaevm030709@gmail.com
Smilenchuk Olga Iu.Tomsk State Universitysmolenchuk@gmail.com
Chugunova Nadezhda E.Irkutsk State Universitynadya-chugunova38@yandex.ru
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 University of the future: the development strategy | Tomsk State University Journal of History. 2018. № 52. DOI:  10.17223/19988613/52/13

University of the future: the development strategy | Tomsk State University Journal of History. 2018. № 52. DOI: 10.17223/19988613/52/13

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