This study focuses on the national higher education policies and institutional strategies that foster or hinder individual Russian universities in applying newfound principles of autonomy. This new autonomy has become more dramatic with the decentralization of power, transition to the market economy, and severe state austerity since Perestroika. This book suggests a model of a university that utilizes its autonomous discretion to institute innovations that build on its potential so as to overcome adverse situations.
Author(s): Olga Bain
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 240
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Illustrations......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 11
PART I The Rise of Autonomy......Page 12
CHAPTER 1 Introduction: Reforming Higher Education in Russia......Page 13
SOVIET LEGACY, OR WHY CHANGES WERE NEEDED IN HIGHER EDUCATION......Page 14
PERESTROIKA MOVEMENT IN RUSSIAN EDUCATION (1986–1990)......Page 16
THE TRANSFORMATION OF RUSSIAN HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE 1990S......Page 18
CONCLUSION......Page 23
NOTES......Page 25
Center-periphery relations......Page 27
The context of transformation from centralized planning to market......Page 30
Disaggregating the concept of decentralization......Page 33
Factors that increase scope for local autonomy......Page 36
Financial capacity......Page 39
Austerity-driven financial strategies of universities......Page 42
The locus of university autonomy along the state-university relationship continuum......Page 44
University autonomy from organizational and sociological perspectives......Page 46
Relevance of Institutional Autonomy......Page 48
CONCLUSION......Page 53
PART II Regional and University Response......Page 57
CHAPTER 3 Decentralization and Regional Autonomy......Page 58
RATIONALE FOR REGIONAL DECENTRALIZATION AND “REGIONAL ASCENDANCE”......Page 59
LEGAL FRAMEWORK: CONCEPTION OF THE STATE......Page 67
POLITICS OF CENTER-REGIONAL RELATIONS......Page 72
REGIONAL LEADERSHIP......Page 75
REGIONAL ECONOMIC DISCREPANCIES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL PROVISION......Page 77
ISSUES OF FISCAL FEDERALISM......Page 80
REGIONAL POLICY IN HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR INSTITUTIONAL BEHAVIOR......Page 90
CONCLUSION: IMPLICATIONS OF RUSSIA’S REGIONALIZATION FOR EDUCATION......Page 95
NOTES......Page 98
CHAPTER 4 The Trend toward Autonomy of Russian Institutions of Higher Education......Page 99
NEW ACTORS CONCERNED WITH RUSSIAN HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY......Page 100
THE FOCUS ON AUTONOMY......Page 106
CHANGES IN LEADERSHIP, GOVERNANCE, AND PERSONNEL POLICIES......Page 111
INCREASED AUTONOMY IN TEACHING AND RESEARCH......Page 113
INSTITUTIONAL DISCRETION IN FINANCIAL MATTERS......Page 115
CHANGES IN THE RATIONALE FOR THE ALLOCATION OF CENTRAL FUNDS......Page 117
THE SERVICE TRADITION SHAPES THE RESPONSE......Page 119
INSTRUCTION-RELATED TRENDS......Page 120
RESEARCH-RELATED TRENDS......Page 127
PREDICAMENTS OF INSTITUTIONAL AUTONOMY IN HIGHER EDUCATION......Page 128
CONCLUSION......Page 137
NOTES......Page 138
PART III Pathways to Success......Page 140
ORIGINS, HISTORY, AND SCOPE......Page 142
STARTING POINT......Page 145
UNIVERSITY TRADITION AS THE CORNERSTONE OF THE RESPONSE......Page 147
SELECTING AN APPROPRIATE LEADER......Page 150
POLITICAL LINKAGES......Page 154
MANAGEMENT AND FINANCE......Page 155
SUMMING UP......Page 163
NOTES......Page 164
ORIGINS, HISTORY, AND SCOPE......Page 165
STARTING POINT......Page 169
LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT......Page 171
INSTITUTIONAL CULTURE......Page 176
AREAS OF INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION......Page 177
DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSE......Page 191
CONCEPTION OF A TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY......Page 192
EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS AND INTERNATIONAL PROMINENCE......Page 194
SUMMARY......Page 195
ORIGINS, HISTORY AND SCOPE......Page 197
LEADERSHIP......Page 200
LEGAL LEGITIMACY FOR THE UNIVERSITY’S AUTONOMY......Page 201
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PROFIT-MAKING INSTRUCTION AS FIRST STEPS......Page 202
REGIONALIZATION AS A LONG-TERM STRATEGY......Page 204
WHAT INHIBITS THE REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES?......Page 209
PRELIMINARY OUTCOMES OF REGIONALIZATION......Page 211
GROWING LINKAGES WITH THE REGION......Page 213
SUMMING UP......Page 216
NOTE......Page 217
PART IV Conclusion......Page 218
STRATEGIES OF INDIVIDUAL UNIVERSITIES TO ENHANCE INSTITUTIONAL AUTONOMY......Page 219
DISCUSSION OF CASE STUDIES......Page 221
PRINCIPLES OF AUTONOMY......Page 226
EFFECTS OF INCREASED UNIVERSITY AUTONOMY......Page 228
APPENDIX Per Capita GRP, Per Capita Education Expenses, and Education Expenses as Adjusted to CPI in the Regions of the…......Page 230
References......Page 235
Index......Page 248
