The Threat to Higher Education: Diplomas Trading

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Abstract

Russia seeks to bridge the gap in the level of education, knowledge and skills of Russian workers and workers from developed countries. The training level of Russian workers is lower. Russia relies on the higher education system which has already created prerequisites for the «catching-up» development. The fact that these prerequisites have not been implemented does not lessen achievements of national science and education. However, one cannot ignore traps into which some areas of higher education may fall. One of them is a «diplomas trading». Some higher educational institutions (Institutes) breaking ties with a competitive market supply student to noncompetitive (monopolized) labor markets. A distinctive feature of these students is a specific demand: they do not seek to acquire knowledge or skills; they are interested in academic degrees which allow them to find good jobs in the labor market in a short time. These jobs are provided by the increasing public sector of the economy, including quasi-state structures – hierarchical Russian corporations. Applicants tend to monetize efforts required to obtain an academic degree. This circumstance has generated powerful incentives for the opportunistic behavior of university teachers. The specificity of the current situation is due to the fact that direct opportunism is typical of organizations rather than individuals.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - M V Bogatyreva
AU  - A E Kolmakov
AU  - M I Leskinen
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/17
TI  - The Threat to Higher Education: Diplomas Trading
BT  - Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference "Far East Con" (ISCFEC 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1144
EP  - 1149
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.200312.158
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.200312.158
ID  - Bogatyreva2020
ER  -