The reform of higher education in Ukraine in the context of European integration

Abstract

The prerequisite in terms of higher education reformation is to understand the changes and their implementation in the educational process. Modern education must be a process of formation and meeting its cognitive requests, inner needs, skills development through various types and forms of education. The method of classification is used in determining the reforms directions; the method of synthesis and analysis is used in determining reform stages and ways for reforms implementation. The study has identified the major reform areas concerning the integration of higher education into the European environment. The integration process functioning involves necessary introduction of many reforms to be implemented consistently and reasonably. The changes concept has to become permanent to improve the education competitiveness. Reform is the only way to keep a competitive position in the educational services at European market. The article deals with reforms in details, the ways of their realization, the evaluation of potential problems and the suggested ways of their solving. The country should increase investment in human capital and skills improvement of its citizens. Only in this way, it is possible to be able to cope with such fundamental changes in the world economy as markets globalization, technological development rapid pace and world competition.