New Songs about Old Things. On the First Results of the Implementation of the Pilot Project Aimed at Higher Education System Transformation

Purpose. To analyze in a discussion form the results of the first year of implementation of the pilot project of reforming the structure of Russian higher education. Methodology: in the process of writing the following methods were used: analysis, synthesis, system approach, formal-legal. Conclusions. Weighty conclusions on the results of functioning of the experimental model of higher education can be made only after the first graduation, including on the basis of employers› assessment of the quality of graduates› training and the results of their professional activity. It is impossible to involve all higher education institutions of the country in the next reorganization of higher education on the basis of a speculative model that has not been experimentally tested at the practical level and in full. The system of domestic higher education is already significantly disorganized by the previous permanent reorganizations, the chaos with educational standards. Scientific and practical relevance. The conducted study allows us to draw attention to the problem of Russian higher education reform and the search for a truly sovereign, nationally-oriented education system model.