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The Reality and Prospects of the Academic Degree in Russia
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Laptev, V. V.; Pisareva, S. A.; Triapitsyna, A. P. – Russian Education & Society, 2014
With the move toward mass higher education in Russia, academic degrees have lost much of their prestige. It is now necessary to look more closely at the reasons for this devaluation, to explore ways to optimize the training of researchers in graduate school programs, and to integrate Russia's system of science training into the European system.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Degrees, Higher Education, Graduate Study
The Influence of Academic Migration on the Intellectual Potential of Russia
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Latova, Natalia V.; Savinkov, Vladimir I. – European Journal of Education, 2012
The emigration of highly-qualified academics ("brain drain") is considered an essential factor in the decline of the human capital of post-Soviet Russia. However, statistics show that the scale of this phenomenon since 2000 was minor. The Russian scientists who went abroad for permanent residence or for a contract job abroad represented…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Human Capital, Brain
Is the Exodus of Cadres out of Russian Science a Gain or a Loss?
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Naumova, T. V. – Russian Education and Society, 2010
Russian scientists lag behind others in both remuneration and working conditions, and this has led many of them to leave science for other occupations or to leave Russia. While the country may benefit when a scientist chooses to enter business or politics, both society and Russian science are negatively affected when scientists emigrate. In order…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientists, Scientific Research, Professional Occupations
Cadres Decide Everything: The Pay and Pension Security of Workers in Science
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Rimashevskaia, N. M.; Zubova, L. T.; Antropova, O. A. – Russian Education and Society, 2011
Russian science is experiencing processes of personnel aging and stagnation, which are disrupting the continuity of the generations and are limiting prospective workers' opportunities for professional and career growth. The decline in the prestige of science work, the exodus of specialists into other, more attractive segments of economic activity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Research, Science Careers, Scientists
Scientists' Social Mobility and Problems of Its Regulation by the State
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Erokhina, K. S. – Russian Education and Society, 2009
The present era is characterized by scientists' high level of mobility, which is due to the characteristics of science work and its dynamic nature. Scientific activity knows no boundaries, and mobility is a vital factor of the mutual cultural and professional enrichment of scientific communities. The international migration of scientists is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientists, Scientific Research, Competition
Science in a Transforming Society: Adaptation to the New Economic Conditions
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Evdokimova, E. P.; Kugel, S. A.; Olimpieva, I. B. – Russian Education and Society, 2004
It has been reported that science has gone through an institutional crisis and that science in Russia as a whole has been deinstitutionalized. This article is an attempt to make use of the example of scientific organizations in St. Petersburg in order to trace the changes that have been going on in science in the past few years as a result of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientists, Social Change, Science Education