EDUCATING ADVANCED PROFESSIONALS FOR COMPANY TOWNS INDUSTRIES: RUSSIAN AND NON-RUSSIAN APPROACHES AND SYSTEMS INVESTIGATION
The article is devoted to the analysis of educational models for training professional personnel in Russia and other countries from the point of view of strategies and tactics, which are necessary to create innovative models to educate personnel for company towns industries. As a result of the analysis of models, forms and methods of training professional personnel used in Russian and non-Russian universities, the authors distinguish three groups of models based on structure and educational content peculiarities; describe four models that help train personnel for company towns industries in terms of necessary profile and qualification. The authors highlight multi-level, multi-stage, multi-profile education, diversity and flexibility of forms, methods and technologies of professional training, flexibility of educational programs, as well as educational institutions-industry cooperation as common characteristics. The authors conclude that it is advisable for technical schools, colleges and universities? that work in the conditions of company towns? to focus not only on the implementation of their educational and scientific missions, but also on interaction with society, providing advanced training. As a prospect of future investigations, the authors see the analysis of international practices of university-industry collaboration at regional and company towns levels.