Krasnova Gulnara A.

The article is devoted to the development of educational export, which is one of the priorities of state policy. In 2018, the Federal project ‘Export of education’ of the national project ‘Education’ was launched, which set the task of doubling the number of international students in Russia by 2024. The tasks set are impossible without state support, which is to create favorable conditions for its development at the national (system of support and development of export of Russian education) and interstate (in the framework of cooperation with foreign countries, participation in regional integration associations, international organizations and forums) levels. Taking into account the analysis of international and Russian experience of export support, the author of the article developed and described a model of export support for Russian education, which has its own specific industry characteristics. The model for supporting the export of Russian education includes organizational, legal, informational, financial, and content blocks.

Internationalization of higher education system leads to active creation and development of international strategic partnerships at institutional and national levels. International cooperation allows educational organizations to improve and to expand their capabilities of educational services provision and, as a result, to increase competitiveness in the world market. In this regard, universities around the world undertake increasing efforts to create and improve the effectiveness of international strategic partnerships by developing strategies and programs for their development. The authors of the article analyze the main trends in network interaction of higher education institutions in the European Higher Education Area and in Russia: their strategic priorities, forms of institutional partnerships and internal institutional organization, as well as factors that contribute to effective implementation of international strategic partnerships. The article also describes the basic model of universities' international activity organization, decision-making process for creation of strategic partnerships and funding sources of networked universities. In conclusion, special attention was attributed to network universities with the participation of Russian higher education institutions, their main characteristics and prospects for development of the network cooperation of Russian higher education institutions.