Assessment systems of students’ academic achievement and their educational outcomesare the object of the study. The comparison of the different assessment systems is performed on the basis of the analysis of their efficiency as a tool of control and assessment of educational outcomes, which carries out a normative, informative and diagnostic function, as well as a control and incentive function during the educational process in higher education.

The article focuses on the topical questions concerning implementing of the two-tier engineering education. The author suggests considerations relating to its fundamentalizationon both levels, participation of employers in skills raising system, and formation of a new version of federal state educational standards.

In this paper, we consider an approach to evaluating the HEI effectiveness in terms of graduate employment. Data source – the monitoring of graduates employment conducted by the Ministry of Education of Russian Federation. It is proposed to calculate the efficiency of graduates employment in view of the situation on the labor market expressed with an imbalance of supply and demand.

The author presents her own opinion on the university lecturer activities. The paper emphasizes the integrative character of university lecturer activities, which includes, besides teaching, research work, scientific guidance and consulting, membership in different councils and editorial boards, peer reviewing, and writing of articles, monographs, textbooks, and courses. Some kinds of his activities are unobvious and imperceptible. The author uses the metaphor “invisible laboratory of mental work” and expresses concern in connection with the uncertain position of a university teacher in the modernization processes in higher education and with possible loss of the value of a unique personality.

The specificity of pedagogical higher education lies first of all in the organization of the learning process in the pedagogical institute, and in the specificity of students’ and teachers’ environment; the interaction “teacher – student”; research and education results; teachers’ status; students’ mentality; reflection. In the condition of pedagogical university reorganization, the main task is to preserve the established traditions expressing this particular specificity.

Erstwhile the inherent subject of economists’ training program, now Economic History has in all but name disappeared from the universities’ curriculum in the view of historical redundancy. The strategies of the disciplinary status sustention of Economic History should be directed on the knowledge-based independence substantiation of the discipline per se as the field of Economics.

The article suggests that vocational education is a strategic priority and a catalyst for the development of a region in complex socio-demographic conditions. Only immensely innovative transformations in the field of education and the orientation towards cooperation between the universities and the state, business, and other universities can in recent conditions ensure sustainable development.

This article analyzes the objective factors that cause the need for the new model of professional education in the conditions of the formation of knowledge-based economy. The socio-economic mechanism of transformation of the educational system in the post-industrial era is revealed. The experience of the university is presented.

The fundamentals of the methodology of the internationalization of higher education is presented, as well as the model structure of the concept «internationalization of education».Taking the example of the Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management the paper shows the features of the design and development of a model of international education that allows to implement a variety of innovative educational technologies (franchising, dual diplomas, etc.). The prospects for the model as a tool for the formation of professional networks of the NSUEM with foreign partner universities are demonstrated.

The paper shows the current decline in the quality of language skills, which is manifestedin the destruction of the linguistic code and the corres ponding depers onalization of communication. Historical experience shows that the national language enriches and develops under condition of a serious state attitude towards it.

The article is devoted to the history of the formation in the Russian legislation of thequalification requirement for judges to have the higher legal education. The analysis of the normative acts is carried out in conjunction with the brief consideration of the question of the development of legal education in Russia in XVIII–XX centuries. The author provides the sample data on the educational level of Russian judges for the years 1851–1990.

The main defects of traditional teaching and training in project management are discussed.It is shown that acquirement of project management methodology even on elementary levelis possible only through participation in team work and performance of a real project. Teaching techniques and the methodology of individual’s contribution estimation by team work are exposed.

This paper addresses the issue of informatization of foreign language education. The author a) denotes the conditions of informatization of a foreign language education, b) defines themain directions of informatization of language education, c) considers the prospects of development of these areas.

Soccermetrics examines econometric models in football. Soccermetrics is a synthesis ofstatistics, data analysis, economics, and computer technology. Soccermetrics increases the effectiveness of players, teams, and financial results. This article analyzes the reasons for the lag of soccermetrics in our country. The article discusses the prospects of soccermetrics as a science and as an academic discipline in Russia.

The article differentiates the concept of an educational data set for a separate educational program and the concept of an educational and methodical complex of a chair. The contents of available educational complexes in chemistry is considered. The article analyzes the reasons of complexes lack and the conditions for their development. The purpose and the conceptual basis of a complex in the general and inorganic chemistry are offered. The structure and the contents of the educational complex in chemistry developed at Tomsk Polytechnic University are described, its role in educational process is shown.

The key problem of the article is the destiny of Russian science in the light of today’sreforms. The author reflects upon the requirement of matching the science activities with theinternational and domestic “bureaucratic virtual reality”, touches on such themes as real science and pseudoscience, debate between natural scientists and humanities researchers, the importance of a national language for the development of national science.

The core idea of this article is to investigate a connection between clerical and secular censorship and the development of Russian philosophy, literature and journalism in XIXth century. Censorship became a despositive of paradoxical social congruence on questions of individuality, discourse, Truth and coercion in Russian society. Quite a compatible situation was raised in the works on sexuality by Foucault. Thus, the main goal of this article is to make a comparative study of papers related to Russian prison and censorship and Foucault methods.

This article is about the importance of students’ practical and potential willingness to research activity in view of the problem of student’s formation and development as a researcher at all levels of training at the university. The content of a term «research potential» as a most important precondition of scientific preparation success and research activity efficiency is specified. Studying of a student as a researcher is considered taking into account his scientific preparation and activity and also personal features that influence on success in research activity. Research potential of bachelors, master’s degree students, graduate students and young teachers is compared. The empirical basis of the article is the materials of studying research potential and extent of its realization by students and young teachers of different universities.

This paper analyzes the relationships between family backgrounds, motivation and fieldsof study for a sample of 4-year students from Yaroslavl region and Tatarstan. The results showthat students with different family educational and material resources choose different fields of study and have different motivation. Students with high material resources and prefer to choose economic professions and rarely choose the humanities or pedagogical professions. Motivation can change the effect of family background: intensify or reduce it. Advantaged students (with high educational and material resources) explain their occupational choice by interest or job motivation and don’t follow by easiness of education or entering universities.

The article presents fundamental propositions for conducting experimental study in the field of education in order to assess efficiency of educational practices and innovations. Experiment is considered as a method that has advantages in exploring casual link between independent and dependent variables. In addition, the article contains the description of threats to validity and the demonstration of concrete examples and their critique.

The key theme of the article is the necessity of the classical course of the philosophy of science for training of a future researcher and engineer. Main focus is given to the operational re-orientation of this discipline. The basic functions of the philosophical course in the structure of post-graduate education program for engineers are designated. The methods of sampling and interpretation of educational material aimed at the implementation of a practice-oriented approach are offered.

The article is a sample of family studies and presents the results of the survey of student’s families that was held at the faculty of fundamental medical education. The authors state that marriage is beneficial for social maturing of students; it is not a hindrance for successful learning and professional formation. At the same time student’s family needs care and support from the university administration.

The empirical basis of article is the results of study of production factors and ergonomic environment at the Chemistry Department of Altai State University. The data obtained can be used for workplace organization for teachers, helping to prevent the occurrence of professional diseases, and improve the effectiveness of educational and professional activities.