Fee-paying higher education in Russia: it’s history & modern tendencies

 

The article considers situation with fee-paying higher education in Russia. Presented is retrospective of fee-paying and free higher education during the Soviet period, as well as dynamics of fee-paying education development in the post-Soviet period shown. Comparative analysis of support forms for students in Russia and in some foreign countries is also introduced.

Key words: finance sources, public universities, non-public higher education institutions, budgetary basis students, students with a full recovery of education expenses, consumer prices for education in universities, tuition fees in higher education institutions.

 

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