This paper presents a compilation of personal reflections from 66 contributors on the impact of, and responses to, COVID-19 in accounting education in 45 different countries around the world. It reveals a commonality of issues, and a variability in responses, many positive outcomes, including the creation of opportunities to realign learning and…

The possibilities of the school are not unlimited. For this reason, in order to answer the question of what the existing resources ought to be used for there is always the problem of the choice of goals of the school's educational activity. Different schools have different possibilities when it comes to achieving the desired results of educational…

The author discusses the development and future of distance education, defined as "an effective technology for providing a whole complex of good-quality educational services," in Russia, viewing such education as fundamental in the modernization of education in today's Russia. Studies are cited to demonstrate that it is possible to…

The authors discuss the need to balance the unique history of Russian higher education, preserving and developing those areas in which the country has traditionally excelled and competed successfully at the international level, with the country's signatory acceptance of the Bologna Agreement for European educational integration. While apprehensive…

Accomplishing the tasks spelled out in the 1999 Bologna Declaration requires reforming the structures of higher education in the countries of Europe to bring them into closer harmony, while preserving fundamental values and traditions in education that have been formed in each country. The author discusses fundamental differences between the…

This article presents excerpts from a debate on the report by Professor A.S. Zapesotskii, the rector of the St. Petersburg Trade Unions University of the Humanities, titled "Ensuring the Quality of Higher Humanities Education." Participants in the debate were as follows: (1)Antonina Pavlovna Beliaeva, a doctor of pedagogical sciences,…

Anytime that education is modernized, a number of problems come up. These problems include the following: (1) The problem on retaining what is positive in the system as it stands; (2) If something that was useful to society has been lost in education in the preceding years, it will have to be brought back; and (3) The problem on bringing the…

This article presents the different opinions of specialists on The Bologna Process. The Bologna Process was brought into being by society's transition to a new stage of development, in which education and knowledge are becoming the decisive engines of progress. With the aim of creating a unified educational space, the Bologna Process was begun in…

It must be acknowledged that the present system of higher education in Russia does not have a system to evaluate the quality of the specialists who are being produced. Three years ago, an order of the education minister approved an appropriate procedure. Seemingly everything is in place: an overall aim, a hierarchical rating system, a structure of…

The emergence and development of the nonstate sector of higher education in Russia was not an easy process: the institutions were under the constant scrutiny of the legislative and executive branches. Due to the "politically even-handed" resolutions that the Ministry and the Committee of the Russian Federation Council of Federation…

Asks questions about the reorganization of Russian society, including, how can educational systems contribute to national consensus building? and how prepared is Russia's system to make such a contribution? Concludes that despite considerable efforts by educators, the Russian educational system is in jeopardy and cannot contribute effectively to…

This article talks about the quality of education in a nonstate institution of higher learning. At a meeting of college and university vice rectors for instruction held in early 2004, it was suggested that all specialist training ought to be concentrated in state-run educational institutions. Analysis of practices in institutions of higher…

This article focuses on the difficulties afflicting the system of higher education as a result of the decline in the overall level of student training and the "gap between the level of education of secondary school graduates and historically established requirements of higher education in Russia." The author has been teaching sociology…

For many Russian universities, improving the quality of education has become a central problem. Colleges and universities that have traditionally enjoyed high academic authority are not especially concerned about it; they are more concerned about the problems of financing and their own development. But for relatively young educational institutions…

Examines current proposals and efforts to reform the Russian school system, assessing their prospects for providing an answer to the needs of Russian schools in this era of teacher shortages. The paper discusses new teachers' qualitative and quantitative needs, the teacher education system's response, course organization, and curriculum. (SM)