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Syndrome of Reforms' Arrhythmia in the Higher Education

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  • Balatsky, Ye.

    (Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
    Central Economic Mathematical Institute RAS, Moscow, Russia)

Abstract

The author discusses the process of reforms in the Russian higher education. It is shown that the first phase of reforms has been fraught with omissions of regulator and inflation of educational bubble, which gave rise to the budget crisis in the industry, and demanded radical interventions. At the second stage a regulator, trying to cope with the educational bubble, provoked a collapse of the industry, which is fraught with enormous social costs. The examples of distortion of university environment due to administration errors presented.

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  • Balatsky, Ye., 2014. "Syndrome of Reforms' Arrhythmia in the Higher Education," Journal of the New Economic Association, New Economic Association, vol. 24(4), pages 111-140.
    • Handle: RePEc:nea:journl:y:2014:i:24:p:111-140
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    1. Balatsky, Ye., 2010. "Higher Education Rationing Problem," Journal of the New Economic Association, New Economic Association, issue 8, pages 145-147.
    2. A. Varshavsky., 2011. "Problems of Science and Its Effectiveness," VOPROSY ECONOMIKI, N.P. Redaktsiya zhurnala "Voprosy Economiki", vol. 1.
    3. Varshavsky, A., 2010. "Problems of Science: RAS and Higher Educational Institutions," Journal of the New Economic Association, New Economic Association, issue 8, pages 158-161.
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    1. Abankina, I., 2019. "Financing of Education: Trend on Personalization," Journal of the New Economic Association, New Economic Association, vol. 41(1), pages 216-225.

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    Keywords

    higher education; university; reform; education bubble;
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    JEL classification:

    • P21 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Planning, Coordination, and Reform
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions

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