Free Education Format in the Practice of Russian Higher School: Features and Prospects of Implementation

Abstract

The article discusses two fundamental components of the academic revolution in modern higher education: mass education and the global knowledge economy — from the point of view of the formation of a new structure of higher education: mass and research universities. The formats of higher education are analysed: “linear conveyor” and “free education”, their advantages and disadvantages within the framework of the academic revolution, compliance with modern and future requirements of the labor market. The possibilities of introducing the formats of “free education” into the practice of Russian higher education are discussed.