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Davydova, N. E. – Russian Education and Society, 2013
Research on provincial students in Russia indicates that the barriers to living and working in rural areas are seen as real, but that they may also be outweighed by the perceived benefits for family life. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Barriers, Rural Areas, College Students, Foreign Countries
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Stegnii, V. N.; Gorbunova, O. V. – Russian Education and Society, 2013
In the activity of the university, the choice of channels of communication and the key message are very important. Values to be conveyed include the quality of the education, the solid chances of finding work, and the prestige and status of various specialties. Other essential tasks include determining who opinion and reference group leaders are…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Values, Educational Quality
Johnson, David, Ed. – Symposium Books, 2010
The chapters in this volume give an account of the process of modernisation and educational reform in Russia, variously considering the cultural and political dilemmas provoked by democratisation, the structural and policy challenges associated with the reform of higher and vocational education, and the deep divisions exposed as socio-cultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Democracy, Politics of Education, Social Change
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Vishtak, Ol'ga V. – Russian Education and Society, 2004
Higher education has to accomplish a most vital task, that of shaping the personalities of future specialists who, in their school years, are to master the knowledge, abilities, and skills that are laid out in the state educational standards governing the particular specialty. Experience has shown that to accomplish this task it is essential that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Applicants, Student Motivation, School Choice
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Alaiba, T. E.; Zaborova, E. N. – Russian Education and Society, 2004
In the past few years there has been a "student boom" in the development of higher education: the number of college students in all of the Russian Federation rose from 2,612,800 in the 1993-94 academic year to 4,741,400 in the 2000-2001 academic year, that is, by 1.82 times. What is noteworthy is that the number of students enrolled in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes, State Colleges