Abstract: The subject of this research is the forms, structures, and methods of corruption phenomena in the higher school. It is determined that corruption is a countermeasure for the goals of socioeconomic development. At the same time, economic education largely has negative consequences for the state economic development due to the practical application of the acquired knowledge and forecast of the normative legal foundation for increasing the sustainability of state alongside ensuring the development of the Russian Federation in international organizations. The structure of the corruption activity is presented. The scientific novelty consists in identification of the necessary structure and composition of the counter corruption measures. The authors determine the ways of counteracting from the side of the academic personnel and student community. Analyzing the problem of corruption in the higher education facilities, the authors highlight several key actors: heads of the educational sphere, teaching personnel, students, and parents. Between the aforementioned actors, emerge the so-called “non-normative relationships”, which contradict the ethical norms, job description, and legislative norms: bribery, exactions, favoritism, etc.