Uvarov Evgeny Alekseevich,
doctor of psychological Sciences,
Professor, head of the Department of pedagogical and age psychology,
Tambov state University name Derzhavin
E-mail: uvarovea@yandex.ru
Critical analysis for existing system of training a specialist in modern higher school is presented. The author’s conclusion is that prevailing trends in higher education reforming are not able to afford a higher school to become an institution that meets the status of a great power.
Key words: crisis of higher school in Russia, perspectives in development of higher education, “zone of proximal development” of educational system