Freedoms and Constraints of a Specialist’s Training at the Modern Stage of Higher Professional Education Development in Russia

Abstract

The article analyses the issue of freedoms and constrains in practice of a specialist's training at the modern stage of higher professional education development in Russia. The use of such terms as 'profitability', 'service', 'level' is justified for the tendency to objectively evaluate higher professional education. These terms are regarded as the main ones to consider the issues of quality assurance of higher professional education (HPE), economic, and quantitative criteria. Professional methodology, which is the basis of a specialist's training process and optimal balance of freedoms and constrains in this activity, is given a special focus of analysis. The author singles out the issues of qualitative characteristics of a lecturer's professionalism, expertise of a specialist's professional activity in other specialists' training as well as the institute of experts.