A. Gavrikov. Elite professional education and the problems of regional development

The President of The Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University

The article considers peculiarities of the regional development and their influence on the state of the system of higher-education in modern Russia. The concept of elite professional education is used as a means of social mobility and an instrument of shaping the social structure of a particular region.

Key words: development index of human potential, the quality of the population, the balance of internal areas of the country, local elites, regional system of vocational education, state regional policy