Role of valuable guidelines of students and graduates in the formation of management decisions in the higher education system of the Russian Federation

Ashmarina Svetlana Igorevna, Kandrashina Elena Alexandrovna, Lebedeva Lyudmila Gennadevna, Izmailov Ayrat Maratovich

The conditions in which the higher education system of the Russian Federation is developing are characterized by a number of features, including a decrease in the level of interest on the part of applicants, which can be traced in the dynamics of recent years. Under such circumstances, the university’s place in the strategic development plan largely depends on those managerial decisions that will be made and implemented in the very near future. The formation and implementation of solutions is closely linked with the interests and value guidelines of key stakeholders, among which students are studying undergraduate and specialty programs, as well as graduates of undergraduate and specialty programs that continue to study at the master's program. We conducted a sociological study aimed at identifying the role of value orientations of undergraduate (or specialty) students, as well as undergraduate and graduate graduates who already have a diploma of higher education and are employed in the labor market, however, continuing their studies in the magistracy, in the formation of managerial decisions in higher education system of the Russian Federation. The study was carried out as part of the state assignment of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation No. 26.940.2017 / PC, the project “Management of changes in the higher education system based on the concept of sustainable development and harmonization of interests”.

Keywords:universities; higher education; education; higher education system; stakeholders; Contact audiences value reference points; management decisions; managerial decision making