KYIV SLAVIC UNIVERSITY: EXPENSES AND LOSSES ОN THE WAY OF BECOMING

Abstract

B a c k g r ou nd . In the example of Kyiv Slavic University, one of the leading institutions of higher education in the humanitarian profile for the study of languages, culture, and history of the Slavic peoples, the place and role of privately owned higher education institutions in the higher education system of Ukraine in the period of its formation in the 90s is determined 20th century – at the beginning of the 21st century. The article is deals with the analysis to the illumination of the history of organization, formation and development of a higher educational institution of state form of ownership the Kyiv Slavic University. The stages of formation of the university are considered: from the constituent assembly of the founders of the NGO "Kyiv Slavic University" in November 1992 until the end of 2016-2017 (the period of stable development) at the Kiev Slavic University. The purpose and tasks of the article are to determine the stages of formation of Kyiv Slavic University, as well as the analysis of achievements and losses on the way of its development. The legislative and legal basis of the organization of the institution of higher education of private ownership in the conditions of independent Ukraine, the priority areas of activity were studied and analyzed, and the emphasis was placed on the development of Slavic studies as a leading field of educational services of the university. Re su lt s . The international relations of the Kyiv Slavic University, established for fruitful cooperation with European universities, were analyzed, and the possible trends of the further development of the institution of higher education were predicted. The achievements and losses of the university in the way of its formation are analyzed. Among the losses is the lack of a university development strategy and gross mistakes in its management. C onc lu si on s . The key and the main condition for the preservation of higher education in Ukraine is a deep, comprehensive reform. This is an extremely difficult task.