Share of School Graguates Entering Higher Education Is Declining

Social and economic changes resulted in a transformation of youth’ values: the attitude towards higher education, granting both social status and, consequently, privileges in employment, became a history. However, the changes taking place in Russia, external to the vocational education system, may have a serious impact on the behavior of young people in the near future, especially young men, who will be more targeted to enroll in full-time higher education programs