University Autonomy in Russian Federation Since Perestroika (Routledgefalmer Dissertation Series in Highereducation)

This study focuses on the national higher education policies and institutional strategies that foster or hinder individual Russian universities in applying newfound principles of autonomy. This new autonomy has become more dramatic with the decentralization of power, transition to the market economy, and severe state austerity since Perestroika. This book suggests a model of a university that utilizes its autonomous discretion to institute innovations that build on its potential so as to overcome adverse situations. Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Title......Page 5 Copyright......Page 6 Dedication......Page 7 Contents......Page 8 Illustrations......Page 9 Acknowledgments......Page 11 PART I The Rise of Autonomy......Page 12 CHAPTER 1 Introduction: Reforming Higher Education in Russia......Page 13 SOVIET LEGACY, OR WHY CHANGES WERE NEEDED IN HIGHER EDUCATION......Page 14 PERESTROIKA MOVEMENT IN RUSSIAN EDUCATION (1986–1990)......Page 16 THE TRANSFORMATION OF RUSSIAN HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE 1990S......Page 18 CONCLUSION......Page 23 NOTES......Page 25 Center-periphery relations......Page 27 The context of transformation from centralized planning to market......Page 30 Disaggregating the concept of decentralization......Page 33 Factors that increase scope for local autonomy......Page 36 Financial capacity......Page 39 Austerity-driven financial strategies of universities......Page 42 The locus of university autonomy along the state-university relationship continuum......Page 44 University autonomy from organizational and sociological perspectives......Page 46 Relevance of Institutional Autonomy......Page 48 CONCLUSION......Page 53 PART II Regional and University Response......Page 57 CHAPTER 3 Decentralization and Regional Autonomy......Page 58 RATIONALE FOR REGIONAL DECENTRALIZATION AND “REGIONAL ASCENDANCE”......Page 59 LEGAL FRAMEWORK: CONCEPTION OF THE STATE......Page 67 POLITICS OF CENTER-REGIONAL RELATIONS......Page 72 REGIONAL LEADERSHIP......Page 75 REGIONAL ECONOMIC DISCREPANCIES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL PROVISION......Page 77 ISSUES OF FISCAL FEDERALISM......Page 80 REGIONAL POLICY IN HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR INSTITUTIONAL BEHAVIOR......Page 90 CONCLUSION: IMPLICATIONS OF RUSSIA’S REGIONALIZATION FOR EDUCATION......Page 95 NOTES......Page 98 CHAPTER 4 The Trend toward Autonomy of Russian Institutions of Higher Education......Page 99 NEW ACTORS CONCERNED WITH RUSSIAN HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY......Page 100 THE FOCUS ON AUTONOMY......Page 106 CHANGES IN LEADERSHIP, GOVERNANCE, AND PERSONNEL POLICIES......Page 111 INCREASED AUTONOMY IN TEACHING AND RESEARCH......Page 113 INSTITUTIONAL DISCRETION IN FINANCIAL MATTERS......Page 115 CHANGES IN THE RATIONALE FOR THE ALLOCATION OF CENTRAL FUNDS......Page 117 THE SERVICE TRADITION SHAPES THE RESPONSE......Page 119 INSTRUCTION-RELATED TRENDS......Page 120 RESEARCH-RELATED TRENDS......Page 127 PREDICAMENTS OF INSTITUTIONAL AUTONOMY IN HIGHER EDUCATION......Page 128 CONCLUSION......Page 137 NOTES......Page 138 PART III Pathways to Success......Page 140 ORIGINS, HISTORY, AND SCOPE......Page 142 STARTING POINT......Page 145 UNIVERSITY TRADITION AS THE CORNERSTONE OF THE RESPONSE......Page 147 SELECTING AN APPROPRIATE LEADER......Page 150 POLITICAL LINKAGES......Page 154 MANAGEMENT AND FINANCE......Page 155 SUMMING UP......Page 163 NOTES......Page 164 ORIGINS, HISTORY, AND SCOPE......Page 165 STARTING POINT......Page 169 LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT......Page 171 INSTITUTIONAL CULTURE......Page 176 AREAS OF INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION......Page 177 DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSE......Page 191 CONCEPTION OF A TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY......Page 192 EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS AND INTERNATIONAL PROMINENCE......Page 194 SUMMARY......Page 195 ORIGINS, HISTORY AND SCOPE......Page 197 LEADERSHIP......Page 200 LEGAL LEGITIMACY FOR THE UNIVERSITY’S AUTONOMY......Page 201 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PROFIT-MAKING INSTRUCTION AS FIRST STEPS......Page 202 REGIONALIZATION AS A LONG-TERM STRATEGY......Page 204 WHAT INHIBITS THE REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES?......Page 209 PRELIMINARY OUTCOMES OF REGIONALIZATION......Page 211 GROWING LINKAGES WITH THE REGION......Page 213 SUMMING UP......Page 216 NOTE......Page 217 PART IV Conclusion......Page 218 STRATEGIES OF INDIVIDUAL UNIVERSITIES TO ENHANCE INSTITUTIONAL AUTONOMY......Page 219 DISCUSSION OF CASE STUDIES......Page 221 PRINCIPLES OF AUTONOMY......Page 226 EFFECTS OF INCREASED UNIVERSITY AUTONOMY......Page 228 APPENDIX Per Capita GRP, Per Capita Education Expenses, and Education Expenses as Adjusted to CPI in the Regions of the.........Page 230 References......Page 235 Index......Page 248 IN THE PAST DECADE RUSSIA AND OTHER NATIONS OF THE FORMER Eastern Bloc have plunged themselves into sweeping reforms in their quest to build more effective economies and to establish free and democratic structures. Olga B. Bain. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 225-239) And Index.