Universities in Russia: how it works. 2nd edition, processed and supplemented. Kuzminov Ya.I.

This book tells how the system of Russian higher education works. Is Russian higher education to a greater extent by the product of European experience, borrowing key ideas from more mature university systems, or is it an original phenomenon specific to our country, the features of which explain its outstanding successes and deep crises? How are universities arranged and working? How and why do their missions, structures, and principles of financing change? What role does the state play in their work? Who is studying at universities? How does the Russian teaching community work and what role does science play in universities? This book is responsible for these and many other “how and why and why”.