TRAINING OF INLAND SCIENTIFIC AND PEDAGOGICAL PERSONNEL: CHALLENGES OF THE TIME

Abstract

The article discusses some aspects of training highly qualified personnel, which is carried out by many inland universities. A brief description of the development of the system, organized for training scientific and pedagogical personnel in higher schools in the USSR and the Russian Federation is given. Based on the analysis of scientific literature, the method of expert assessment and personal experience of the author’s, it is concluded that postgraduate study is a prestigious track of an individual’s professional development, but, on the other hand, it is associated with a large number of difficulties for participants in the educational process. A number of problems linked to postgraduate training in Russian universities are identified. Some reasons for the weakening of the effectiveness of postgraduate studies are described. Practical recommendations proposed in the article could help solve the identified problems during the training of highly qualified personnel at the present stage of development of scientific and pedagogical activities.