About the Main Aspects of the Modern Paradigm Management of Russian Universities

Abstract

The relevance of the topic of the article is due to the need for fundamental changes in the field of manage­ment of domestic universities, both on the part of the state and on the part of internal management. The new paradigm of university management should correspond to the emerging model of the national econ­omy in Russia and the demands of civil society, which is feasible only if the basic principles of university management are fully implemented, including university autonomy, job security, academic freedom and intra-university democracy. The implementation of these principles is connected, in turn, with cardinal changes in the relationship between the state and universities, on the one hand, between the university management and the teaching staff (teaching staff), on the other. This is due to the fact that most of the negative phenomena in university management have come from the unproductive state policy in the field of education. The main idea of the article is based on the analysis of scientific publications and long–term observations of the author to identify the “pain points” of the existing paradigm of university management and propose ways to overcome them. In particular, it was revealed that the regular underfunding of universities in re­cent decades (especially regional ones), the global commercialization of the higher education system with a simultaneous decrease in its quality, and adherence to the concept of university manageralism led to the destruction of traditional academic values, primarily academic freedoms and intra-university democracy. In the context of the aggravation of the international situation, the problem of a shortage of highly quali­fied personnel and the urgency of accelerating the innovative development of the country, it is extremely important to introduce as soon as possible a paradigm of university management adequate to the goals and objectives facing them. The foundation of the new concept of university management should be made up of academic principles and values that have been displaced from the field of education by the so-called quasi-market conditions.