Abstract
The paper examines how and to what extent the Soviet higher education system transformed after the collapse of the USSR. It offers a research-based analysis of the external and internal factors of transformation in six post-Soviet countries: three "Slavic" states (Belarus, Russia, Ukraine), and three Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania). The paper characterizes a bounded number of types of organizations of higher education in each country. Using the set-theoretic multi-value qualitative comparative analysis (mvQCA), the authors identify several causal chains that led to the transformation of the Soviet comprehensive university into a 'post-Soviet research university' or 'general education organization'. This paper compares the drivers of organizational diversity in Soviet and post-Soviet education, and traces country-specific features of the organizational transformation of universities in six post-Soviet countries.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 127-146 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Comparative Sociology |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2017 |
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The transformation of higher education systems in six post-Soviet countries : Causes and consequences of organizational change. / Rezaev, Andrey V.; Starikov, Valentin S.
In: Comparative Sociology, Vol. 16, No. 1, 01.01.2017, p. 127-146.Research output
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T1 - The transformation of higher education systems in six post-Soviet countries
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AU - Rezaev, Andrey V.
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N2 - The paper examines how and to what extent the Soviet higher education system transformed after the collapse of the USSR. It offers a research-based analysis of the external and internal factors of transformation in six post-Soviet countries: three "Slavic" states (Belarus, Russia, Ukraine), and three Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania). The paper characterizes a bounded number of types of organizations of higher education in each country. Using the set-theoretic multi-value qualitative comparative analysis (mvQCA), the authors identify several causal chains that led to the transformation of the Soviet comprehensive university into a 'post-Soviet research university' or 'general education organization'. This paper compares the drivers of organizational diversity in Soviet and post-Soviet education, and traces country-specific features of the organizational transformation of universities in six post-Soviet countries.
AB - The paper examines how and to what extent the Soviet higher education system transformed after the collapse of the USSR. It offers a research-based analysis of the external and internal factors of transformation in six post-Soviet countries: three "Slavic" states (Belarus, Russia, Ukraine), and three Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania). The paper characterizes a bounded number of types of organizations of higher education in each country. Using the set-theoretic multi-value qualitative comparative analysis (mvQCA), the authors identify several causal chains that led to the transformation of the Soviet comprehensive university into a 'post-Soviet research university' or 'general education organization'. This paper compares the drivers of organizational diversity in Soviet and post-Soviet education, and traces country-specific features of the organizational transformation of universities in six post-Soviet countries.
KW - Former Soviet Union countries
KW - Higher education
KW - Higher education organizations
KW - Neo-institutionalism
KW - Post-Soviet universities
KW - QCA
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JO - Comparative Sociology
JF - Comparative Sociology
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