Academic Rights in Russia and the Internationalization of Higher Education

Academe. 2019. Vol. 105. No. 4. P. 45–49.

Dubrovsky D.

Modernizing reforms in Russia carried out under the banner of “Westernization” and “Europeanization”—and this has been their character throughout history—tend to treat modernization as a technical process, ignoring institutional transformations, not to mention the democratic values embedded in the modernization project. The implementation of educational reform in Russia thus raises a question: How does the incorporation of Russia into the system of international higher education affect academic rights and academic freedom? Can integration into that system by itself guarantee academic freedom within the Russian academy? To answer this question, one must first understand the role academic freedom played in Soviet scholarship and education.

Keywords: Российская Федерация, интернационализация образования, internationalization of higher education, Russian Federation, Academic rights and freedoms, академические права и свободы