Modern strategy of economic development in the world higher education

Today it is becoming apparent that the acceleration of Euro- Atlantic integration , conducted the new leadership of our country can be successful only if the conduct fundamental and very rapid changes in the economic system of education, especially at the level of the regional university complexes . This statement is now no longer requires significant evidence. Announced the leadership of the country to join the World Trade Organization , and our high school - in the "Bologna process" , turn the end of the year, national and regional economic agents in the subjects of the global knowledge economy. In turn, the activities carried out in the framework of the territorial- administrative reform , will make local governments in the main link state control system , responsible not only for the traditional areas of economic policy , but also for the creation of conditions conducive to the growth of the international competitiveness of these subjects. However, most of the heads of local governments , enterprises and other economic institutions do not have the necessary knowledge about the trends taking place in the global economy. Consequently, the vector responsible for the production and distribution of such knowledge will be shifted to regional universities, which will be the subject of a leading emerging "new economy ." After all, only education can provide the necessary modern societies ' new economic dynamism ", the connection of skilled workers with knowledge. Economic value of education also increases because the impact of globalization on higher education leads to a reduction in the role of the educational process of national universities . Many scientists are even beginning to question the viability of higher education as a national institution. Before turning to the place and role of education in the processes of economic modernization , we turn to the National Strategy for Socio -economic and development. Along with the already familiar priorities - sustainable economic growth, innovation and economic development, social reorientation of the economy and integration into the European Union - to 5 - m section "Strategy of socio- economic development of Ukraine for the period of 2004-2015 years. " Find a new strategic direction - development of the knowledge economy. But , unfortunately, as the strategy as a whole, and approaches to the development of the knowledge economy have a significant disadvantage : they are dominated by technocratic principles of economic development. Not reflected in the Strategy and the relevant European concept of "knowledge economy" emphasis on the organizational and economic innovation and the role of economic education in their implementation. Overall Strategy considers the development of the knowledge economy as one of the components of an innovative economic model . Europe , the concept is based on the priority of the development of the knowledge economy and innovation development - consider as a leading priority. Thus , the European Union Summit 2000 in Lisbon set a very ambitious goal : to create in Europe over the next decade the most competitive and dynamic knowledge economy - an economy in which the production, distribution and use of knowledge is the main factor of growth, wealth creation and employment in all sectors of the economy. At the same time, the acceleration of innovation and the creation of national innovation systems are the cornerstone of the "Lisbon strategy " . This idea is confirmed by the experience of the development of the knowledge economy in the developed countries. So , based on this experience, in 2002 at a conference in Paris on priority strategies of creating knowledge-based economy in the candidate countries for EU membership were:

• the creation of economic incentives and institutional environment

ensure widespread and effective use of local and

global sources of knowledge in all areas of the economy;

• creation of a society of skilled , talented and creative people , society

opportunities for quality education for all citizens;

• Creating a dynamic information infrastructure , competitive, innovative

economy capable of creating - effective information and communication

technologies for all sectors of the economy ;

• Creation of an effective innovation system covering firms , research

research centers , universities and other organizations that are able to maintain and

develop increasing global fund of knowledge in order to create new products, services and ways of doing business .

Therefore, the most important area of the reorganization of the economic system of Ukraine should become institutional transformation. However, in our opinion, the main factor that hinders the realization of social and economic policy of Ukraine is not so much the inadequacy of our institutions of global trends in the development of knowledge economy, as the economic inefficiency of our system of education. This thesis proved very easy: experts who are prepared within the framework of the existing education system is not able to make the necessary institutional changes .

The situation in Ukraine can be explained and priorities erstwhile Soviet Union and the transformation processes taking place in Ukraine since 1991 , and a consequence of the protracted economic crisis. In previous periods of a man with his needs and interests has been pushed to the periphery of public life, rapidly growing unemployment , deteriorating standards and quality of life, an outflow of intelligence abroad. Today, these disastrous trends although not completely eliminated , but did not prevail . Over the years, the approach to education in the USSR and , in particular , in Ukraine, was founded upon receipt of the existing knowledge through memorization and repetition of the information received, ie education has been focused on the study of what has been done, and not on innovation and modeling problems. As regards economic theory , it , moreover, was also part of ideology. But today our system of economic education is in crisis, based on - the transition from Marxist to neoclassical " economic ideology ".