International Higher Education discusses the situation and problems of the development of global higher education, as well as their solutions at a local, regional, and global level. Each issue features opinions by leading experts in topical areas of higher education studies, as well as the results of some interesting recent empirical studies. The Russian version aims to make Russian researchers familiar with the latest studies and trends in higher education.
The first issue of the Russian-language version of International Higher Education bulletin – Winter 2014 – includes articles dedicated to the specifics of higher education development in transitional countries and countries with median revenues, as well as items about how the political context influences the national systems of higher education. In addition to that, it discusses the problems of growing commercial education in Latin America, presents an analysis of the challenges and first results of internationalization in Europe, and raises the question of how the perception of international higher education is being transformed in terms of global thinking.
Boston College also cooperates with researchers from China, Spain, and Portugal, where translated bulletins in national languages are currently published.
Publication of the Russian version of the bulletin has been made possible thanks to the collaboration between the Boston College Center for International Higher Education and the HSE Centre for Institutional Studies. Several joint projects have been implemented over the last few years, and, as a result, several papers have been published, which are of importance not only for the Russian audience, but also for the international academic community.
From May 2014 the HSE will also publish an original supplement to the bulletin, Higher Education in Post-Soviet Area. The papers for this journal will be selected by a Russian editorial board. The supplement will focus on problems, solutions, trends and best practices in higher education in post-Soviet countries. Higher Education in Post-Soviet Area will be published both in Russian and in English, meaning that the HSE will be able to introduce the English-speaking academic community to the regional specifics of higher education and further develop international links.
Konstantin Vodopianov, HSE News Service