Osadchaya G.I., Yudina T.N. Higher education in the Eurasian Economic Union: Potential and problems of cooperation. RUDN Journal of Sociology. 2024. Vol. 24. No. 1. Pp. 140-154. DOI: 10.22363 ...

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Abstract

To solve  the  integration  tasks  of forming  a common  labor  market, interpenetration  of values  and  ideas,  ensuring  mutual  understanding  and  trust  between peoples, the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) needs a single educational space, similar educational and professional standards, mutual recognition of diplomas, academic degrees and titles. The article considers academic mobility within the EAEU and current practices of   cooperation  between  its  member-states  and  observer  countries  in the  field  of higher education based on the data of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) and the Russian Federal State Statistics Service (to assess the efficiency of promoting the ideas of Eurasian integration) and on the results of the authors’ empirical research (to identify potential for the development of cooperation between the EAEU member-states and observer countries in the field of education). The authors show a decrease in student exchange between universities of   member-states and an increase in the number of students from non-CIS countries; Russia still accepts more students than its EAEU partners, which proves the inequality of student and teachers’ academic mobility and the need for changes in legislation and funding under the growing competition with Turkey, Europe and China in the field of education. The article considers the development of the structure and programs of educational cooperation, the expansion  of branches  of leading  universities  in other  countries,  the  creation  by leading universities of the Consortium, Eurasian Network University and Slavic Universities, and so   on.  The  development  of cooperation  between  the  EAEU  member-states  and  observer countries  in the  field  of higher  education  requires  an agreement  between  participants of   integration at the highest level, classification of the higher education issues as a  separate area  of cooperation,  expansion  of legal  regulation  of cooperation  issues  and  creation of an institutional form for the EAEU management in the sphere of higher education