State control (supervision) and the regulatory guillotine in the field of higher education in the Russian Federation

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to characterize current status of state control (supervision) in higher education in accordance with the implementation of the regulatory guillotine measures. The results of the research led the authors to the following conclusions. First of all, foreign expertise results in understanding the necessity of lobbying by non-governmental organizations. Otherwise, state regulators will operate precisely in their interests. Secondly, current administrative regulation of higher education is based on an inefficient monitoring system with redundant permissions of the Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science (Rosobrnadzor). Thirdly, there is no reason to believe that the implementation the regulatory guillotine model can change the situation efficiently. It is more probable that the reduction of the intensity of control will lead to a net rise of latent offenses for educational institutions’ management. To eliminate these problems, the authors suggest implementing of monitoring system for the activities of higher educational establishment as well as for regulator’s actions with a monetization of these relations.

Propósitos humanísticos y utilitarios de la educación superior en el contexto del enfoque de competencia: presentación del problema

“…Hence, diplomas in particular and the system of higher education in general have been devalued. There was a band-aid solutionadoption of federal educational standards, requirements for certification and accreditation of higher education institutions in Russia (Kozyrev et al, 2022). However, the administrative measures do not resolve the problem; without systemic changes, they can lead to falsification and simulation, substitution of actual actions with simulacra (following Baudrillard's terminology).…”