Mechanisms of Interaction and Integration of Universities into the Global Higher Education Space in the Modern World

Abstract

The paper considers the topical issue related to mechanisms of interaction and integration of national and regional universities into the global higher education space. These processes require the development of new educational, research and commercial standards for the development of universities. This matter will enable to implement the promising ways of the development of national and regional higher education and implementation of the University 3.0 model in Russia. Global best practice defines coordinates and development level of national and regional universities. Structural and logical, systematic and methodological approaches on the standardization basis provide the framework for solution of problems in the sphere of university education. A complex of principles of university development (including global best practice through the developed “Economy of Knowledge and Innovation” course) is substantiated and tested. The optimal modular structure of this course, with practice-oriented tasks of innovative content as mandatory elements of each module, is defined and worked out. Universities 3.0 are very productive as the poles of economic life in the economy of knowledge and innovation, and as the centers of educational process in modern society. The ideas presented in the paper allow to make a statement that new mechanisms of interaction and integration of universities into the global higher education space will increase their role in Russian and regional economy, turning them to the poles of innovative development.