This article sheds light on a paradox in the Soviet educational landscape: the development of specialised foreign-language schools in the context of a purported egalitarian society. These schools endured, and even thrived, through the collapse of the Soviet Union. First, a historical overview for Soviet-era development of specialised-school…

This historiography of Hungarian higher education focuses on the evolution of academic freedom and institutional autonomy at Hungarian institutions of higher education. Through an exploration of trends in higher education policy, structure, and funding, the evolution of institutional autonomy and academic freedom provided a framework for…

The author discusses needed improvements in the university training of Russian economists. (Author/RM)

Summaries of Russian educational problems in higher education discussed include: ways to improve the interrelationships between education system and the production system; the population's need for higher education; the location of universities in Russia; and improving instruction in economics. (Author/RM)

The author stresses that the rational size of Russian universities and colleges should be determined by the degree of its area of specialization. (Author/RM)

The Communist Party and the Soviet government are working to improve the training of specialists as one element in the acceleration of progress in science and technology. The role of higher education in this training is discussed. (RM)

Changes taking place in the content of labor, its utilization of technical facilities, and different forms of organization, should be taken into account in future training of skilled workers in the nonproduction sphere (i.e., education, culture, art, and public administration). (Author)

A broad range of educational, organizational, and motivational endeavors in the scientific and technological training institutions of the USSR designed to increase the value of the research function in training specialists are outlined. (MSE)

Reviews the relationship between scientific and technological progress, needs of the Soviet economy, and capacities of higher education institutions in terms of the future of the mining industry. Mining specialists will have to prepare for technical progress in the extracting industries, growth in production, complex mechanization, and automation…

Discusses the problems encountered in developing and maintaining special classes and schools to provide intensive studies in particular areas. Discusses three principles governing the selection of students for special schools. Criticizes selection by a territorial principle. Suggests the third principle of admitting any student who wants to come…

Reviews the current state of enrollments and scope of Soviet polytechnical institutes, and identifies nine areas in which development is needed. These include a network of research groups within polytechnical institutes to create a relationship between research and teaching; selection of base institutes to develop models for specialist training;…

Stresses the need to find the most economical ways to organize instruction in higher education in the Soviet Union. Concludes that concentration of specialist training in specific areas within a limited number of educational institutions will promote efficient utilization of resources. (Author/DB)

Reviews improvements made in secondary specialized schools from 1971 to 1975, and encourages emphasis on improving structure, content, and forms during the Tenth Five-Year Plan, 1976-80. (AV)

Major objectives of secondary specialized education in the Soviet Union are training qualified specialists and contributing to the development of the general cultural and educational level of the population. Presents statistics related to expansion in training of specialized personnel and predicts that future educational development will be based…

Examines the status of higher education within the nonproduction sphere in the Soviet economy. Higher education does not directly produce material goods, but its role in training the work force is critical in maintaining a modern, productive economy. (AV)