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Statistical Data Interpretation of Students’ Tier Educational Programs as a Way of Ranking Pedagogical and Humanitarian Universities |
Authors |
Nachkin A.I. Candidate of Military Sciences, Associate professor, vg_zarubin@mail.ru |
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Section |
SOCIOLOGY |
UDK |
329.63 |
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The article discusses the topical problem of the sociology of higher professional education sociology,
namely the process of introducing tier education. It analyzes student contingents, covering
bachelor, master and specialist programs. The author’s original method, based on the analysis of statistical
data, allows ranking higher educational institutions according to quantitative assessment of
their educational programs profiles. The method includes the following cognitive operations: the first
step involves quantitative data analysing, the second – clustering universities according to student
distribution by the educational programs they choose, and the third – determining the position of every
university in All-Russian University Ranking. The author presents a comparative analysis of statistical
data of pedagogical and humanitarian universities. This technique allows revealing objective indicators
to compare educational institutions of higher professional education. These indicators are relevant for
bachelor, master and specialist programs. The ranking includes 71 universities of the Russian Federation.
The procedure of ranking universities has not only theoretical, but also practical significance in
managing higher educational institutions.
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Key words |
tier training of students, bachelor, master, specialist, educational program, quantitative
indicator, ranking. |
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