Abstract
The purpose of this study is a comparative assessment of the development of mass higher education in the regions and countries on the basis of the results of Webometrics. Main tasks: Comparison of national educational systems in terms of the scale of mass higher education; assessment of the quality of mass higher education; study of the growth of the network activity of Russian universities (2007-2014) in Federal districts. The methodology is based on the comparison of the number of universities in the country/region included in several thousands of best universities in the world (6 indicators: N2000, N3000, N4000, N5000, N10000, N20000). Evaluation of the quality of mass higher education is made on a conditional parameter - the share of ranked universities in the country/region included in top 5000 (N5000) in the total number of ranked universities among 20000 (N20000). Originality of research: new aspects of leadership of countries and regions in the Webometrics ranking, their quantitative expression. Among new facts - the leadership of China by the conditional indicator of quality of mass higher education.
Highlights
IntroductionAmong the fundamental research on the accessibility of higher education in the countries of the world are the works of Alex Usher and other Canadian researchers [1, 2] who provide a comparison of a number of national educational systems on the basis of quantitative indicators
Inequality in access to education is one of the global problems of higher education
Comprehensive information on mass higher education in the BRIC countries is given in the joint work of researchers from England, India, China and Russia
Summary
Among the fundamental research on the accessibility of higher education in the countries of the world are the works of Alex Usher and other Canadian researchers [1, 2] who provide a comparison of a number of national educational systems on the basis of quantitative indicators. The number of countries considered by the authors is limited due to the lack of statistical data. Comprehensive information on mass higher education in the BRIC countries is given in the joint work of researchers from England, India, China and Russia [4] The data on the enrolment of young people in higher education programmes in these countries, the ratio of elite and mass higher education and the issues of quality of mass higher education are considered in detail
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