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ACCESSIBILITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION:
CHALLENGES FOR TRANSITION COUNTRIES

International conference

June 29-30, 2004

 Photos from the conference

Transition countries are now facing considerable changes in the scale and mechanisms of functioning of the systems of higher education. The number of students grows rapidly, the role of private financing of higher education increases, the organization of higher education and mechanisms of its financing are under reform. This changes are caused by the social and economic transformation of post-socialist societies, but in their turn influence its course.

The conference seeks to discuss the main tendencies in the accessibility of higher education in transition countries, their factors, achievements and failures in policies of higher education reform in terms of their impact on accessibility, as well as perspective directions and instruments of such policies. Cost-sharing, tuition policies, student loans and other forms of delayed payments will be in the focus of discussion.

Holding of the conference in Russia would allow paying a special attention to the recently started education reform and provide an international expertise of its tasks and instruments.

Organizers of the conference

• The Independent Institute for Social Policy (Moscow, Russia)
• The journal "University Management: Practice and Analysis" (Ekaterinburg, Russia)
• Center for Comparative and Global Studies in Education (University at Buffalo, USA)
• The Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation

PROGRAM

June 29, Tuesday

9:30 - 10:00. Registration

10:00 - 10:30. Welcome address from the organizers
T.Maleva, Independent Institute for Social Policy, Director
B. Johnstone, University at Buffalo's Center for Comparative and Global Studies in Education, Buffalo, USA, Professor
V.Mau, Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation, Rector
A.Kluev, "University Management: Practice and Analysis" (Ekaterinburg, Russia), Editor-in-chief
J. Petrovich, Ford Foundation, "Education, Sexuality and Religion" Program, Director

Session 1

10:30 - 12:15. Policy responses to social and economic conditions of higher education development in transition countries
Chair: V.Mau, Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation, Rector

B. Johnstone, University at Buffalo's Center for Comparative and Global Studies in Education, Buffalo, USA, Professor
Wordwide trends in higher education accessibility and finance policy

A. Svinarenko, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
Higher education in Russia: actual situation and prospects

V.Bolotov, Federal Service of Control in Education and Science, Head
National exam and accessibility of higher education

L.Yakobson, State University - Higher School of Economics, First Vice-Rector
Reform of higher education finance in Russia

12:15-12:45. Coffee-break

12:45 - 14:30. ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION. Reform of higher education financing in Russia: alternative models

Chair: S.Shishkin, Independent Institute for Social Policy, Research Director

Participants:

• I.Shuvalov, Assistant of the President of the Russian Federation
• B.Rudnik, State University - Higher School of Economics, Vice-Rector
• V.Kolesov, Moscow State University named after M.V.Lomonosov, Economic College, Dean
• A.Rubinshtein, Russian Research Institute of Fine Arts, Deputy Director
• G.Bordovsky, Russian State Pedagogical University named after A.I.Gertzen, Rector
• V.Zernov, Russian New University, Rector
• N.Pustovoi, Novosibirsk State Technical University, First Vice-Rector
• G.Okorokova, Kursk Institute of Management, Economics and Business, Rector
• B.Agranovich, Tomsk Politechnic University, Regional Center of Social and Information Technologies, Director
• A.Egorshin, Nizhny Novgorod Institute of Management and Business, Rector

14:30 - 15:15. Lunch

Session 2

15:15 - 16:45. Social and economic factors of accessibility of higher education
Chair: A.Usher, Educational Policy Institute, Canada, Vice-President

D. Konstantinovsky, Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Deputy Director
Inequalities in higher education accessibility in developped and transition countries

Ya.Roschina, State University - Higher School of Economics, Deputy Head of Economic Sociology Department
Who has access to higher education in Russia?

E.Avraamova, Institute for Socio-economic Studies of Population of Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of Laboratory
The accessibility of higher education and perspectives of social dynamics

4. I.Teleshova, Moscow State University named after M.V.Lomonosov, Economic College, Deputy Dean
Factors determining accessibility of complete higher education at an elite university

V.Nuzhdin, Ivanovo Energy University, Rector
Accessibility and quality of higher education (the expirience of implementation the system of education quality management)

Discussion

16:45-17:00. Coffee break

Session 3

17:00 - 18:30. New Challenges to the policy of accessibility of higher education
Chair: A.Ziderman, Bar-IIan University, Israil, Professor

J.Gerlach, Freie Universitat, Berlin, Germany, Professor
New challenges to the policy of accessibility of higher education

A.Levinson, Yuri Levada Analytical Center, Head of division
The mass demand for higher education in Russian society

N.Klikunov, Kursk Institute of Management, Economics and Business, Vice-Rector
Higher education as a factor of inequality increase in Russian society: normative and positive analysis

M.Bevc, Institute for Economic Research, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Financing, efficiency and equity of higher education in Slovenia

Discussion

18:30-22:00. Late dinner on board a ship

June 30, Wednesday

Session 4

10:00 - 11:45. Cost-sharing in higher education finance: in search for a new balance
Chair: B.Johnstone, University at Buffalo's Center for Comparative and Global Studies in Education, Buffalo, USA, Professor

P.Marcucci, Graduate School of Education, State University of New York at Buffalo
Tuition policies in international perspective

H.Pechar, University of Klagenfurt, IFF-Wien, Professor, Head of Department
Impact of tuition fees on student participation: evidence from Austria

T.Kliatchko, Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation
The perspectives of dual tuition fee policy in Russia

A.Kluev, "University Management: Practice and Analysis" (Ekaterinburg, Russia), Editor-in-chief
Price strategies of universities and higher education accessibility

P.Romanov, Saratov State Technical University, Professor
The balance between responsibility and cost-sharing in higher education: the results of sociological survey

Discussion

11:45 - 12:15. Coffee break

Session 5

12:15 - 13:45. Cost sharing and financial assistance
Chair: A.Kluev, "University Management: Practice and Analysis" (Ekaterinburg, Russia), Editor-in-chief

H.Vossensteyn, CHEPS, University of Twente, Netherlands. Research Associate
Role of families in higher education financing

A.Usher, Educational Policy Institute, Vice-President
Parental contributions and education savings plans

F. Ziegele, CHE Center for Higher Education Development, Guetersloh, Germany, Professor
Means testing and parental responsibility

Y.Zakharov, Kemerovo State University, Rector
Forms of regional financial support for obtaining professional education

E.Yarskaya-Smirnova, Saratov State Technical University
Accessibility of higher education for disabled: financing issues

Discussion

13:45 - 14:30. Lunch

Session 6

14:30 - 16:00. Student loans and other forms of delayed payments: preconditions and effectiveness
Chair: F. Ziegele, CHE Center for Higher Education Development, Guetersloh, Germany, Professor

A. Ziderman, Bar-IIan University, Israil, Professor
Student loans and the criteria for their evaluation

M.Guille, Universite Pantheon Assas Paris, Adjunct Professor
Europa-wide student loans

3. Yu.Fedorchuk, Saratov State Technical University, Senior lecturer
The perspectives of student loans in Russia

Discussion

16:00 - 16:15. coffee break

Session 7

16:15 - 17:30. Admissions criteria and other essentially non-financial forms of promoting higher education accessibility
Chair: E.Saburov, Institute for Education Development, State University - Higher School of Economics, Research Director

T.Barhatova, Department of Education Quality Control of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Head
The use of national exam experience for increase of accessibility of higher education

V.Kuklin, Research Institute for higher education, Deputy Director
The real and imaginary problems of national exam

O.Permiakov, Tomsk regional Center for education quality control, Head
National exam and accessibility of higher education

S.Shishkin, Independent Institute for Social Policy, Research Director
Informal institutions of admission and higher education finance in Russia

Discussion

Final session

17:30 - 18:00. Perspective directions and instruments of higher education accessibility policy

Chairs:

• T.Maleva, Independent Institute for Social Policy, Director,
• B.Johnstone, University at Buffalo's Center for Comparative and Global Studies in Education, Buffalo, USA, Professor

Final discussion.

Summarizing the results of the conference

G. Rakhmanova, Ford Foundation, Moscow office, Program Officer

Closing remarks