Creation of educational clusters as a direction of global management within the Bologna process

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to verify the offered hypothesis, to study causal connections of Russia’s joining the Bologna process, and to determine the perspectives of maximization of the effect from this process within the global crisis management. Theoretical and methodological provision of verification of this hypothesis and achievement of the set goal in this work includes the method of induction, deduction, synthesis, problem, systemic, and plan-fact analysis and method of study of causal connections. Empirical methodology of this research includes the method of horizontal (time) analysis and method of trend analysis. The authors determine the role of the Bologna process in solving the problems of the global crisis management, perform evaluation of economic and social effect in the sphere of global crisis management from implementing measures within the Bologna process, and substantiate the expedience and develop recommendations for creation of educational clusters for increasing the effect in the sphere of global crisis management from implementation of measures within the Bologna process, and offer the model of stimulating the cluster processes in the sphere of higher education within the global crisis management. As a result of the research, the authors came to the conclusion that the announced goals of the Bologna process have not been achieved in Russia. Perspectives of maximization of the effect from this process within the global crisis management are related to creation of educational clusters.