Translated from English by I. Friedman

Translated from English by E. Froumina

This article analyzes the present state of affairs in the funding of higher education. The current system of funding is the result of reforming a system that dates back to the 1950s. The reasons that made the reforms necessary are shown, as well as the consequences of the reforms. The myth of...

The article analyzes the main socio-economic factors influencing the accessibility of higher education of differing quality in modern Russia. Social differentiation is discerned in the dependency of the probability to receive a higher education of a given quality (elite or standard) on certain...

The article describes the principal theoretical approaches to the problem of education equality. The author shows that discussions about equality usually start with the question of ensuring equal access to education for a certain social group, but then switch to the question of equal education...

Providing access to quality general education is one of the priorities of Russian educational policies. The National Foundation for Workforce Training has launched a monitoring research project to evaluate the accessibility of quality general secondary education in high schools and basic...

The article presents the principal results of research carried out by the Independent Institute of Social Policies in co-operation with the Yury Levada Analytical Center into the process of differentiation of higher education into mass and elite components. An approach to separating universities...