EUROPEAN EDUCATION: PHENOMENON, MYTH, PROJECT?

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the current issues of reforming the system of higher education in Russia. The authors state that the main goals of the organization of the European Higher Education Area, declared by the Bologna Convention, have been alien to the Russian educational tradition and have not been implemented in Russia over the past two decades, despite the activity of modernization processes. Analyzing the situation, the authors of the article discover deep-seated reasons for failure due to the fundamental incompatibility of socio-cultural paradigms of European and Russian education. A comparative analysis of the activities of European and Russian universities, a historical retrospective of their development and interaction with the state, and highlighting key positions in the formation of domestic higher education formed the basis for affirming the necessary and justified formation of a national education system capable of productive dialogue with Euro-American civilization. Such an approach will correspond to the mental characteristics of the Russian people, allow for the revival and consolidation of spiritual and moral worldview constants of domestic culture and education, contribute to the competitiveness of domestic higher education on the world market, ensure its openness to cooperation with the international scientific community, including, especially – to exchange advanced educational technologies.