Popov, E. A. Features of Sociological Research of Higher Education Quality Assessed by the Main Actors of Educational Process

Abstract: For quite a long time education has been the center of attention in different spheres of sociohumanitarian studies. As a social institution, education is mostly viewed from the point of view of social studies. But today’s interest for the educational system is also caused by the fact that education is interpreted as a value which plays an important role for human and society. At the present article we pay attention at particularities of social research of higher education quality. The author focuses on viewing higher education quality from the point of view of modernization of a Russian system of education. The author also underlines that when studying the quality of education at institutions and universities, it is necessary to pay attention at laws and standards regulating the system and the actors of educational process. Special attention is paid at assessment of the main actors of educational process. The results of the study can be used for further development of methodology for the purpose of social researches of education quality.

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