Abstract
The article is devoted to the assessment of the role of higher education in ensuring socio-economic sustainability of society development. Based on the analysis of international and Russian legal acts, it identifies the main indicators that allow analyzing the impact of higher education system on the implementation of sustainable development goals. Particular attention is paid to assessment of accessibility of education. Based on the analysis of statistical data, it is concluded that there is a problem of differentiation of regions and territories in terms of access to higher education due to uneven location of educational institutions, different density of students, low inter-regional mobility of population and disproportions in incomes of the population. Regional differentiation in access to higher education in Russia leads to a number of socio-economic problems that reduce the sustainability of regional development, including the outflow of young people and uncompensated labour migration.
Highlights
The world is currently engaged in an intense search for a better model for higher education that can provide contemporary strategies for moving towards sustainable development
It should be noted that the dynamic development of social relations does not allow sustainable development to be seen as a formalised plan with clear and constant indicators
At the present time there is a search for effective models of economy, which are able to fully ensure the implementation of the principle of social justice in the conditions of environmentally sound development
Summary
The world is currently engaged in an intense search for a better model for higher education that can provide contemporary strategies for moving towards sustainable development. Official statistics in the context of assessing the implementation of the fourth Sustainable Development Goal in the Russian Federation presents data on five indicators, three of which are directly related to higher education: the share of adults and youth with skills in information and communication technologies and the gross enrolment ratio in higher education programs - Bachelor, Specialist, Master, as a percentage of the population aged 17-25 years (Figure 1). In the framework of the expert-analytical event conducted by the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation to assess the integration of the Sustainable Development Agenda in the national context, it is noted that the national development goals are largely reflected in the strategic documents, but the largest share of indicators that require additional coordination at this stage refers to the fourth goal «Ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all» - (64%) [11]. The analysis shows that despite the progressive inclusion of sustainable development targets in strategic planning documents, there is still no direct alignment of indicators of national and federal projects with sustainable development goals within the sphere of influence of higher education system
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