35%
of Russian universities do not have dormitories for students. Another 6% of institutions of higher education view the quality of their student housing as bad.
Only one in three universities have living conditions that can be called good. Approximately the same number of those in charge of institutions of higher education found the condition of their student dormitories to be satisfactory.
In the area of basic and intermediate vocational education, the situation is similar: just over one third of technical training schools, professional colleges and lyceums do not have dormitories.
This information was obtained during a survey of vocational education leaders carried out in the autumn of 2013 as part of a Monitoring of Education Markets and Organizations (MEMO) study conducted by the Higher School of Economics in collaboration with the Levada-Center. The results of the study will be published in 2014 in a newsletter called ‘Strategies of Vocational Education Leaders’.
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After HSE University transitioned to distance learning, life in the HSE dormitories changed: most students have gone home. The number of onsite staff and service employees has been reduced. Large events have been cancelled. Student trips into the city have been limited. HSE University Life spoke with students and staff about what life under quarantine is like in the dorms.
50
Russian and foreign universities will take part in the Day of Russian Universities, which will be held today at HSE.
Best Prospective Students Go to Medical Universities, and Engineering is still out of Fashion
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Russian Universities Need New Rules and Regulations to Get into World Top Rankings
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65%
of upper-class students at Russian universities have experience combining employment and studies.
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32%
of Russian universities are focused on vocational training for regional and local labour markets. In 2008, 44% of universities worked for the regions and cities where they are located.
3.6%
of students in Russian universities are foreigners. Since 2011 the number of foreign students in Russian universities has increased by 1.2%.
Yaroslav Kuzminov: ‘In the next generation, Russia will produce a constellation of widely cited researchers in sociology, economics, and political science’
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