UNIVERSITY TRANSFORMATION IN THE SOVIET UNION IN 1920s AS A REFLECTION OF STATE POLICY OF REFORMING THE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (ON THE MATERIALS OF THE DON UNIVERSITY)
The article is devoted to transformation processes of Rostov (Don, later North Caucasus) University in 1920s. It deals with the issues of change in higher education management in the USSR on the basis of archival materials. By the example of the Don University such complex processes in education management of those times as the introduction of free education, expanding enrolment, reduction of training time, increase in centralization of University management are evaluated. The article highlights some trends in the development of the University during NEP period, peculiarities of educational process in comparison with the pre-revolutionary period. It is evaluated how the University implemented power prescriptions and specific features of the development of the University during the relevant period are highlighted.