The Problem of Alienation as a Destructive Factor in Development of Russian Universities

One of the main tasks facing domestic universities is to train graduates who are able to work professionally in a transforming economy. The solution of this problem is impossible without fundamental changes in management practices both in relation to universities (implemented in the state educational policy) and within them. At the same time, it is necessary to take into account not only the tasks caused by the changing situation in the country and abroad, but also the negative trends in the development of the domestic education sector, characteristic of the last three decades.The required changes can actually be implemented if management efforts are combined by both the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and university management. The most important task of university management is to overcome such negative consequences as the transformation of the motives and values of key subjects of the educational process (primarily teachers and students), the problem of alienation affecting these social communities, changing the nature and forms of communication between them, etc.The article substantiates the relevance of such changes, provides the main ways to overcome the problem of alienation, based on the use of management concepts adequate to the current situation (concepts of value-oriented management of the university and productive management of its strategic assets).