The Specifics of Functioning of Higher Education System of Culture and Art in Russian Regions

Abstract

From our point of view, it seems advisable to introduce a new criterion – an integral potential of sociocultural sphere that consists of interconnected indicators: economic, social, cultural, technological, resource, innovative. The analysis shows that over the research period the quantitative indicators of functioning of higher education system of culture and art did not change and the expenditure of consolidated budgets of RF regions on socio-cultural events, on education (millions of rubles) increase at the regional scale. Far Eastern Federal District, Siberian Federal District, Volga Federal District belong to the regions with the highest growth percentage of expenditure. The structure of the financial and economic activity of the education system of culture and art includes the major indicators: the revenue of a higher educational institute from all sources (thousands of rubles), the revenue from nongovernment sources (thousands of rubles) (%), the fraction of the revenue of a higher educational institution from non-governmental sources %, the fracture of the revenue of a higher educational institution from federal budget %, the fracture of the revenue of a higher educational institution from the budget of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation and local budget %, the fracture of the revenue of a higher educational institution from educational activity in total revenue of a higher educational institution %, the fracture of the revenue of a higher educational institution from research and development activities in total revenue of a higher educational institution %, the fracture of extra budgetary means in the revenue from educational activity %, the fracture of extra budgetary means in the revenue from research and development activities. The most important factors in the development and assessment of the potential of higher education in culture and art include scientific research, salary, financial and economic activity, etc. It is proposed a methodological approach to the analysis of the functioning of higher education system of culture and art. Its distinctive feature is the determining and maintaining the eligibility between the level of regional education of culture and art and the value of expenditure of consolidated budgets what in turn leads to an improvement of the strategic and competitive positions of the region in conditions of system relevance of the economy.