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Who Came to Modernize Universities?
A new study on rectors appointed over the past several years has been published. Katerina Guba...
Academic Freedom in Russia: How to Understand It
Is the freedom of professors and educators confined to the walls of auditoriums and laboratories?...
The “Split University:” Why do Russian Universities Need Foreign Scholars?
Project 5-100 gave universities a chance not only to rise in international rankings, but also to...
Crimean Excavations of Russian Magnitude
Russian and Ukrainian archaeologists have fallen victim to the 2014 annexation of Crimea. Dmitry...
The Incentive Bonus Effect
How a system of fixed-term contracts and vague renumeration criteria in universities is becoming...
Silent Faculty and Students Needed
To what extent are faculty and students free to express their opinion about their university,...
Deans are Elected, Directors are Appointed
The space for self-governance in Russian universities is shrinking. The country’s premier higher...
The Century of Academic Reforms: Earnings
Why are rectors paid so much but lecturers – so little? Dmitry Dubrovsky Photo: One of the...
Russia: Who Assesses the Quality of Education?
The Center for Institutional Analysis of Science and Education at the European University at St....
Russia: the Virus of Online Education
As part of a struggle against Covid-19, Russian universities have to change the education format –...
Viziers Wanted, Not Experts
In liberal democracies, economists, sociologists, and political scientists take part in...
Have Sanctions Changed Russian Science?
In March 2014, the first Western sanctions were imposed on individuals and organizations in...
Russia: The Number of Foreign Agents is Set to Grow
Russians who fall into the category of foreign agents had to register legal entities by early...
Academic Rights and Freedoms: The Conservative Turn as an Anti-Western Project
Russian universities and research institutes see the resurgence of Soviet practices of state...