Evolution and current development trends of the Russian Federation’s higher education system

• Marina M. Butakova Department of Business Economics and Marketing, Altai State University, Barnaul, Russian Federation
• Olga N. Sokolova Department of Management, Business Organization and Innovation, Altai State University, Barnaul, Russian Federation
• Natalia A. Zaitseva Department of Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Industry, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation
• Anna A. Larionova Department of Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation
• Marina N. Ignatova Department of International Relations and Public Administration, Southwest State University, Kursk, Russian Federation
• Svetlana N. Trufanova Department of Theory and Practice of Physical Culture and Sports, Don State Technical University, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation
• Alexander Y. Yakovlev Department of State and Municipal Administration, State University of Management, Moscow, Russian Federation

Abstract

The aim of the study is to substantiate evolutionary development stages and current trends in the higher education system in the Russian Federation via general scientific methods of cognition, quantitative and qualitative assessment, methods of comparative and factor analysis, analysis and synthesis, grouping and comparison, the method of logical generalization. As a result, increasing globalization changes the approach to education. The authors came to the conclusion that it is necessary to take into account the impact of external and inter systemic factors on the development of higher education organizations in the Russian Federation.