The Сoncept of Intergenerational Interactions in Higher Education: A Critical Analysis of Domestic and Foreign Theoretical and Methodological Approaches

The relevance of the study of generations and intergenerational interactions in the university environment is due to the need to study their role in the development of higher education in the context of its transformation. Understanding the problems of intergenerational relations in universities requires a critical analysis of the theoretical and methodological foundations for their study. The purpose of the article is to systematize domestic and foreign approaches to the study of generations in universities in the context of developing the concept of generational interactions of educational communities in the Russian university community. Based on a critical analysis of existing concepts for studying generations in universities, the prospects for the development of the generational-functional approach and the organizational theory of generations in relation to the study of generational interactions in Russian universities are substantiated. The authors formulated the main provisions of the concept of generational interactions in universities in the mirror of the integration of domestic and foreign theoretical and methodological achievements. Particular attention is paid to the methodological aspects of the study of the university generational structure and the practical significance of the developed concept for managing intergenerational relations and realizing the potential of generational diversity in higher education.

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