This article investigates the contours of inequality in the context of institutional decline and polarization in educational attainment. Using household survey data collected in 2005-2006 by UNICEF, we conduct synthetic cohort analyses estimating the likelihood of transitioning to secondary and higher education for men and women; urban and rural…

Whereas Russian universities have mostly adopted the paradigm of internationalization in higher education that is now widespread in Europe and worldwide, the internationalization of schools in Russia is more complex and ambiguous. This article addresses the questions about the main characteristics of the internationalization of schools in Russia…

The article is written within the framework of a broader study investigating school and university representation in the Soviet/Russian and foreign audiovisual media texts. The research outlines that in Soviet cinema the image of the female teacher was transformed in the following sequence: a heroine-revolutionary; a heroine of hard work; an…

The "thaw period" films (1956-1968) on the school/university topic can be conditionally divided into two stages: early (1956-1963) and late "thaw" (1964-1968), although, naturally, there was a somewhat diffusion between these periods. The "thaw" audiovisual texts about school and university life, according to the…

Films of the "perestroika" period (1986-1991) related to school/university theme showed that: - the educational / upbringing process has lost the previous strict storylines and in many respects has lost its communist landmarks;--both school and university have acute problem areas (crisis, disappointment and fatigue, professional…

This is a translation of Chapter 7 of "Narodnoe obrazovanie v SSSR, 1917-1967 ("Public Education in the USSR, 1917-1967 ), edited by M.A. Prokof'ev et al. and published by Prosveschchenie Press, Moscow, 1967.

This is a translation of Chapter 8 of "Narodnoe obrazovanie v SSSR, 1917-1967 ("Public Education in the USSR, 1917-1967 ), edited by M.A. Prokof'ev et al. and published by Prosveshchenie Press, Moscow, 1967.

Biulleten' Ministerstva vysshego i srednego spetsial'nogo obrazovaniia SSSR, 1968, No. 6.

Bibliography lists works by Nigel Grant, 1964-2000: 14 books, 55 book chapters, 49 journal articles, and 6 upcoming publications. A leading scholar in comparative education, Grant's work focused on Scotland, the Soviet Union, eastern Europe, and issues of multiculturalism and minority groups in Europe and the United Kingdom. (SV)

This study of upper secondary education and the procedures of access to higher education is based on research in eight selected countries: Argentina, Cameroon, Czechoslovakia, France, Philippines, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom and the United States of America. The project was designed to be a comparative study of the aims and…

Education in Soviet Russia today places its major emphasis on a socio-political orientation of Soviet youth. (CK)

Six articles discuss the state of the art of educational sociology in the Soviet Union. Topics discussed include demographic influences on education, the relationship between higher education and the national social structure, and the problem of the adaptation of newly trained teachers to their profession. (DB)

The purpose of this annotated bibliography is to provide researchers, analysts, teachers, and advanced students, interested in various aspects of Soviet education, with a body of reference materials covering the large number of relevant articles and monographs which have been published since the late 1950's. The bibliography includes 281 titles…

Considers a model of education in the last decade of the 20th century devised by the Educational Development Forecasting Laboratory of the USSR Academy of Pedagogical Science. New model schools will feature alternation of work and rest periods, more time in the open air, psycho-physical development, optional studies, and greater opportunities for…

Recounts the experiences of an American English professor who spent 10 weeks as an exchange professor at Odessa State University in the Ukraine. Compares the language and literature curricula in the Ukraine with that of American higher education. Suggests how such an experience causes teachers to rethink American higher education. (HB)