METHODICAL APPROACH FOR ASSESSMENT OF THE INTERACTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM AND INFORMATION ECONOMY

Abstract

Urgency of the research. The current tendency of the national economy development is the development of the information economy, characterized by the defining role of information and information technologies in the processes of production, exchange, distribution, consumption of public goods and the effective functioning of which are provided by sectors capable of generating knowledge, high quality scientific products and productive use of information resources. Target setting. The existence of mutual influence of higher education and information economy has been proved, which is manifested in the presence of correlation between the rates of development of this type of economic system and the development of partnership between business and universities, in particular in the fields of training and research. Actual scientific researches and issues analysis. The theoretical and methodological basis for the study are the works of D. Bell, Z. E. Toffler, Yu. S. Kristinevich, V. Kutsenko, I. Malik, R. Tolstyakova, L. Fedulova, A. Chukhna and others. Uninvestigated parts of general matters defining. Despite the high interest of scientists in the problems of development of the higher education system in the context of informatization of the national economy, the question of improving the methodological tools for assessing the components of the information economy and analyzing the impact of higher education on its development processes remain open. The research objective: development and testing of a comprehensive methodological approach to assessing the development of educational, innovative, research components of the information economy. The statement of basic materials. The article proposes and approves a methodical approach to assessing the development of the information economy in the threedimensional space of features grouped within the educational, research and innovation components. The structure of a complex integral indicator, the cluster analysis of Ukrainian regions was constructed. Conclusions. The measures of state regulatory impact, structured in accordance with the pace of development of the structural components of the information economy, are specified.