Building a System of Institutional Autonomy of a Higher Education Institution: Methodological Background
Rayevnyeva O. V.

Rayevnyeva, Olena V. (2018) “Building a System of Institutional Autonomy of a Higher Education Institution: Methodological Background.” The Problems of Economy 4:188–194.
https://doi.org/10.32983/2222-0712-2018-4-188-194

Section: Economic theory

UDC 378.1

Abstract:
The article deals with the further improvement of the methodological background for building a system of autonomy of a higher educational institution (HEI). Based on a critical analysis of the world and national experience, it is determined that the current stage of the functioning of the world higher education system is characterized by the formation of a new development paradigm and implies the need to find a certain balance between university autonomy and government regulation in this sphere. The main dimensions in changing the global paradigm of development of the education market are defined and, accordingly, the peculiarities of changing the paradigm of modernization of the national higher education system in Ukraine are formed. It is proved that autonomy of an HEI is, above all, the decentralization of management culture at the university and the construction of an effective system for managing its structural components – academic, staffing, financial, and organizational autonomy. The stages of development of the concept for building a system of HEI institutional university autonomy are proposed; hypotheses, provisions, functions of the system of autonomy of the university are formed.

Keywords: institutional autonomy, higher education institution, concept of the system of autonomy, paradigm of higher education development, hypotheses, tools, mechanism for managing autonomy.

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Rayevnyeva Olena V. – Doctor of Sciences (Economics), Professor, Head of the Department, Department of Statistics and Economic Forecasting, Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics (9a Nauky Ave., Kharkіv, 61166, Ukraine)
Email: olena.raev@gmail.com

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