Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Ecological Studies (CESSES 2019)

Inequality of Spatial Development of Higher Education in Russia

Authors
Аnna Firsova, Yuri Preobrazhenskiy, Alla Vavilina
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Аnna Firsova
Available Online October 2019.
DOI
10.2991/cesses-19.2019.18How to use a DOI?
Keywords
education; regional higher education system; regional economy; Herfindahl — Hirschman index; efficiency
Abstract

Regional higher education systems are closely linked to the economic, — innovative and cultural development of the regions. Its effectiveness, in turn, contributes to the country's economic growth and international competitiveness. These trends are actualized by studies aimed at assessing the effectiveness of higher education systems. The purpose of the article is to identify the regional differences in the concentration of students and revenue in the regional systems of higher education of the Russian Federation. The article uses the methods of economic and statistical analysis, calculated the Herfindahl — Hirschman index to assess the concentration of the number of students and the value of revenue in regional higher education systems. The applied value of the research results lies in the possibility of creating a typology of regional systems of higher education in the regions of Russia by the level of concentration of universities. The assessment of territorial differences in the level of concentration of students and university revenue in the regions of Russia allowed identifying the prospects of regional higher education systems as a source of economic, innovative and socio-cultural development of the region.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Ecological Studies (CESSES 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
October 2019
ISBN
978-94-6252-816-1
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/cesses-19.2019.18How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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