Instruments for creating a unified educational space in the higher education system of the Russian Federation

Abstract

The article examines the higher education system from two perspectives: as a component of the knowledge economy and as a system that benefits the public. The study focuses primarily on the second approach. This method places a higher priority on how the educational system is interpreted in relation to space and conditions. Concurrently, the establishment of a national educational space is identified as a vector of the federal strategy for education development. To accomplish this, the author lists the state's (the regulator's) system-wide instruments as well as the resources that universities have at their disposal for planning collaborative events and partnerships. Such instruments include consortium collaboration, network partnerships, academic mobility programs, educational program design, and cross-regional educational projects. Cooperation with these instruments, according to the thesis, helps to create a unified educational space. Each instrument is evaluated separately based on its frequency of use and regulatory certainty. According to the findings of the instruments' analysis, the author provides us with metrics that show how well universities use them, along with conclusions regarding the outcomes of these collaborations and the prerequisites for joint work in science and education.