Review article
Education in Public Administration in Russia: New Standards and Trends
Alexey Barabashev
; Department of Public and Local Service, Science Leader of the Public Administration Faculty, National Research University – Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
Tatiana Kastrel
; Public Administration Faculty, National Research University – Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
Abstract
The history of public administration education in Russia
consists of three components: institutional development, i.e.
development of the Russian system of schools of public
administration (4 in 1993 – more than 300 in 2012); educational
curricula development, which influenced the higher
education state standards in public and municipal governance
(BA and five-year specialist programmes, MA programmes);
and Russian market of employers development. This
development is rather fragmented and unbalanced becauseemployers’ lack clear understanding of what professional
competences they need from their employees, because
there are huge differences in the salary levels of businesses
and state bodies, and because there is poor development
of NGO and analytical segments of the market. Basic present
trends in the development of all the three components
are analysed, including the transition from five-year specialist
programmes to BA and MA programmes and the
creation of the »original standards« with the development
of segmenting competence approach for different kinds of
employers. The example of the public administration BA
programme development in the National Research University
– Higher School of Economics is presented.
Keywords
state standards; public and municipal governance; education; competences; curricula; bachelor; public administration; professional development education; public service; accreditation
Hrčak ID:
130639
URI
Publication date:
18.5.2013.
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