Irina Stukalova,

Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Moscow, Russian Federation

E-mail: stukalova-irina@mail.ru

INTERNATIONALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION: A CASE OF RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES

Anatoly Shishkin  ,

Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Moscow, Russian Federation E-mail: Shishkin.AV@rea.ru

Anastasia Stukalova,

Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russian Federation

E-mail: stu1211@yandex.ru

ABSTRACT. Our paper tackles the long-discussed processes of internationalization and globalization that is taking place in the sphere of higher education. We determine the levels and the attributes of internalization management of higher edu- cation on the global, national, and institutional level.

Our findings show that the main problems of Russian edu- cation are embedded into its integration into the global ed- ucation area. We formulate these findings in the structured and holistic form. In addition, we carry out the comprehen- sive evaluation of attractiveness of Russian education in the world according to the student mobility criteria. We employ the quantitative evaluation of universities’ internationaliza- tion level and its implementation using Russian top univer- sities included in the QS World University Ranking as an example. Moreover, we propose a method for evaluating the internationalization level of universities that is universal and can be applied not only to Russian universities but on the wider world-wide level.

Received: December, 2014 1st Revision: January, 2015 Accepted: May, 2015

DOI:10.14254/2071- 789X.2015/8-1/21

JEL Classification: 13, I21, I28, P30

Keywords: internationalization, globalization, education, evaluation, institutional environment, Russian Federation