- The authors:
Igor E. Moskalev - Pages: 477-483
- Section: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION, DIGITAL EDUCATION AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
- URL: http://conferences-ifl.rudn.ru/2686-8199-2020-7-477-483/
- DOI: 10.22363/2686-8199-2020-7-477-483
The article discusses the impact of global changes in the structure of international student mobility on the attractiveness of Russian universities for foreign students. The author believes that the motivation of foreign students of socio-humanitarian specialties in the context of global changes has specific characteristics. Understanding and taking into account these features will help optimize the policy of internationalization of Russian universities. The aim of the study is to identify the factors that determine the choice of socio-humanitarian areas of training for Russian universities by foreign students. The article analyzes the world trends in international student mobility; specifies the factors that are significant for foreign students of social and humanitarian specialties when choosing a university in Russia.
The problem of attracting foreign students has many aspects due to the complexity of modern society. Many factors of socio-economic, political, cultural, environmental, technological create a special landscape of international student mobility, which is currently beginning to undergo major changes. Both the conditions of the external and internal environment of the Russian educational space are changing. In the external macro-environment against the background of factors of political, economic instability, as well as a complex epidemiological situation, the conjuncture of the educational services market is transforming. In this context, the factors of the attractiveness of Russian universities for foreign students in socio-humanitarian areas of training, considered in the article, form the field of opportunities and limitations for national policy in the field of internationalization of universities. The modern market of educational services is characterized not only by competition in terms of creating special conditions for the training of foreign students, covering factors of the socio-cultural environment, living conditions, but also by a wide variety of educational forms and information technology solutions. The most competitive are the most technologically advanced market players. Also a significant factor today is the factor of the country’s epidemiological security. The export strategy of Russian education should show particular adaptability, due to the flexibility and receptivity of global social and technological changes and understanding of the internal motives of foreign students in various fields of study.
Keywords: International student mobility, university attractiveness factors, foreign students
Igor E. Moskalev
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) Moscow, Russia
e-mail: ie.moskalev@igsu.ru
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