The article examines the legal foundations of state policy in higher education through the prism of constitutional guarantees of the right to education and the mechanisms aimed at ensuring equal access to educational opportunities. It analyses the relationship between the constitutional model of free higher education based on competitive admission and the statutory specification of conditions for its implementation, as well as the role of constitutional review positions in determining the permissibility of restrictions and maintaining a balance between public and private interests. Particular attention is given to legal certainty, the uniformity of law enforcement, and procedural safeguards ensuring the transparency of admission decisions as prerequisites for public trust in state guarantees and for the stability of the legal order in the educational sphere.
A. A. Nikitenko (Fri,) studied this question.