Abstract: The subject of this article is the features of administrative responsibility arising on the basis of administrative offenses in the field of education in the light of the reform of control and supervision activities. Taking into account the division of powers in the sphere of control between the federal executive authorities and the entities exercising the delegated powers, the author specifies the area of research with legal relations arising in the framework of the implementation of higher education programs. To substantiate the theses, the author analyzes the novelties of the legislation, as well as a generalization of the law enforcement practice of the federal service for supervision in the field of education and science for 5 years in order to identify the regulatory effect that followed the results of the reform of control and supervision activities in the Russian Federation. Thus, in addition to the totality of general scientific methods, the author uses special legal methods, including formal legal, technical and legal analysis. The main findings of the study can be considered the establishment of the fact that, despite the introduced moratorium on scheduled inspections of legal entities from 2022, the reform of control and supervisory activities has reduced the number of detected offenses due to the introduction of a risk-based approach to supervised entities, however, assessing the effectiveness of preventing offenses on difficult at the moment. The conducted research is relevant due to the small number of studies analyzing the results of the reform of control and supervision activities for administrative and legal relations arising from the results of control and supervision activities in an industry context. The results of the study can be useful for organizations engaged in educational activities as an acquaintance with current trends in administrative and legal liability for violation of the mandatory requirements established for the implementation of educational programs of higher education at different levels.