Comparative analysis of policy priorities in the sphere of higher education in Russia and China at the turn of the XX-XXI centuries
The article is devoted to a comparative analysis of the policies of China and Russia in the field of education. The author finds common features with similar strategic objectives of education. Both Russia and China in the 1990-2010s make education a top priority of state policy and pass laws to facilitate large-scale reform of the education system at all levels, including the field of higher education. In his work, the author notes that democratization of higher education has become one of the priorities of state policy. A study of the development of higher education policies in the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China for almost 30 years shows the existence of a significant increase in the autonomy of public higher education institutions, the separation of authority for managing universities, combining central and local leadership. The article indicates that the main positive result of the new reforms of the two countries was the popularization of education, its availability and orientation to the needs of the state. The growth and differentiation of higher education made it possible to increase the number of students. The policy in higher education in both countries was aimed at training personnel for the modernizing economy. This work also focuses on emerging issues and problems of education in this period. At the same time, the author identifies the strengthening of the legal framework of education and its transformation into one of the priorities of state policy as a favorable factor in the reform of higher education.