Current issues of modern higher education: International-legal experience

Abstract

New realities pose challenges to higher education institutions and force them to choose consumer demand. Such a situation encourages higher education institutions to constantly improve the educational services provided and increase their level of competitiveness, and therefore take into account foreign experience. With this in mind, it is significant to analyze the international legal experience of reforming higher education, as well as current issues of modern higher education. The purpose of the work is to characterize the current state of higher education in foreign countries and to identify key trends and problematic issues in this field. The research methodology includes such methods as the induction method, the deduction method, the comparative method, the system method, the relativistic method, and the axiological method. As a conclusion of the conducted research, the tasks and main problematic aspects of the regulation of higher education are defined. The state and aspects of state regulation of the activities of higher education institutions of the leading countries of the world, in particular in the USA, Great Britain, Finland, Denmark, Germany, and other countries, were studied. Problematic issues of regulation of higher education are singled out, in particular the issue of decentralization, in particular, attention is paid to the role of scientific research and financial support of the own research base of higher education institutions. As a result, the key areas that can be used to transform the higher education system of Ukraine and implement better foreign experiences have been determined.