@ARTICLE{26543118_26555257_2009, author = {Elena Strogetskaya}, keywords = {, classical university, neoclassical university, mission of university, idea of university, industrial age, information age, interdisciplinary studies, professionssocial networks}, title = {Idea and mission of the modern university}, journal = {Educational Studies Moscow}, year = {2009}, number = {4}, pages = {67-81}, url = {https://archive_vo.hse.ru/en/2009--4/26555257.html}, publisher = {}, abstract = {Scrutinized is the structure of notions of the idea and mission of a university, analyzed is the crisis of the classical models of university in the context of the transition from the industrialism to the computerized era. Argued for is the necessity for a modern university for selfdetermination. Considered are the views of modern higher education researchers on the idea of university. The author introduces sociocultural reasons for the formulation of the mission of a modern university and provides arguments for the dependence of structural characteristics of a university on its mission.}, annote = {Scrutinized is the structure of notions of the idea and mission of a university, analyzed is the crisis of the classical models of university in the context of the transition from the industrialism to the computerized era. Argued for is the necessity for a modern university for selfdetermination. Considered are the views of modern higher education researchers on the idea of university. The author introduces sociocultural reasons for the formulation of the mission of a modern university and provides arguments for the dependence of structural characteristics of a university on its mission.} }