Quality assurance in higher education: Russian peculiarities and international experience

Alexey Nikolaevich Kuraev; Igor Vladimirovich Sokolov; Tatyana Aleksandrovna Gordeeva; Zhanna Dmitrievna Egorova; Elena Aleksandrovna Klimakina

Alexey Nikolaevich Kuraev K.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (The First Cossack University), Zemlyanoy Val Street, 73, Moscow, 109004, Russia.
Igor Vladimirovich Sokolov K.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (The First Cossack University), Zemlyanoy Val Street, 73, Moscow, 109004, Russia
Tatyana Aleksandrovna Gordeeva Russian International Academy for Tourism, Khimki, Moscow Region, Russia.
Zhanna Dmitrievna Egorova K.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (The First Cossack University), Zemlyanoy Val Street, 73, Moscow, 109004, Russia
Elena Aleksandrovna Klimakina K.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (The First Cossack University), Zemlyanoy Val Street, 73, Moscow, 109004, Russia

Keywords: Quality of education, higher education, university, assessment of quality, educational services, sociological survey.

Abstract

The development of trends in modern society (with its fast expansion of innovative technologies and scientific-technical progress) requires education to be more efficient when training highly qualified specialists. It has become relevant to provide high-quality educational services in order to ensure that the training of personnel complies with the labor market’s requirements and needs. In the article, the authors have determined factors influencing the quality of educational services in a university and the goals for which university students get a higher education. Moreover, the authors have identified students’ satisfaction with the quality of education in higher education institutions. The authors have analyzed the assessment of educational services provided to university students. In the article, the authors characterize the meaning and functions of institutions at various levels in assuring the quality of higher education. Special attention has been paid to European institutions involved in the assessment and quality assurance of higher education.

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Author Biographies

Alexey Nikolaevich Kuraev, K.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (The First Cossack University), Zemlyanoy Val Street, 73, Moscow, 109004, Russia.

K.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (The First Cossack University), Zemlyanoy Val Street, 73, Moscow, 109004, Russia.

Igor Vladimirovich Sokolov, K.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (The First Cossack University), Zemlyanoy Val Street, 73, Moscow, 109004, Russia

K.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (The First Cossack University), Zemlyanoy Val Street, 73, Moscow, 109004, Russia

Tatyana Aleksandrovna Gordeeva, Russian International Academy for Tourism, Khimki, Moscow Region, Russia.

Russian International Academy for Tourism, Khimki, Moscow Region, Russia.

Zhanna Dmitrievna Egorova, K.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (The First Cossack University), Zemlyanoy Val Street, 73, Moscow, 109004, Russia

K.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (The First Cossack University), Zemlyanoy Val Street, 73, Moscow, 109004, Russia

Elena Aleksandrovna Klimakina, K.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (The First Cossack University), Zemlyanoy Val Street, 73, Moscow, 109004, Russia

K.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (The First Cossack University), Zemlyanoy Val Street, 73, Moscow, 109004, Russia

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