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Morgan, Anthony W.; Kulikova, Nadezhda V. – European Education, 2007
After the political upheavals of the early 1990s, Russian higher education was thrown into turmoil as federal spending for higher education was cut drastically and payments to institutions were delayed. Since all sectors of the economy were affected by these changes, political leaders were focusing first on more volatile sectors, leaving higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, State Action, Educational Change, Norms
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Zajda, Joseph; Zajda, Rea – European Education, 2007
Prior to 1991, all higher education institutions in the Soviet Union were state institutions. There were some 900 higher educational institutions in 1990, including only 70 major universities, still referred to as VUZy, from the Russian "vysshee uchebnoe zavedenie". This acronym is popularly used to refer to all types of higher education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Privatization, Educational Policy, Educational Administration