Вестник Северо-Кавказского федерального университета (Mar 2022)
THE MEANINGS, PURPOSE AND FUNCTION OF THE CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN GRADUATE SCHOOL: PROBLEM ANALYSIS
Abstract
The article deals with various aspects of understanding of the modern model of the Russian postgraduate school as a level of higher education. The scientific, normative, statistical materials and data revealing the target and functional basis of postgraduate training are analyzed in comparison with the situation ofpostgraduate study in the previous time. The views on the understanding of the status ofresearch qualification work performed by a graduate student are given. The contradiction concerning the available interpretations of the responsibility of the University for the defense of a thesis by a postgraduate student is revealed. Based on the normative documents, the absence ofpreferences among the graduate of graduate students compared to other levels of education is shown. The reasons for the decline in the productivity of graduate school based on the characteristics of the modern contingent of graduate students are analyzed. The features of the dissertation and educational (qualification) approaches to the definition of the essence, goals and functions of the postgraduate study are revealed.
