Comprehensive Research on Higher Education Reform in USSR

从1988年到，我们从事这项调查已经两年了。第一年，我们试图通过回顾研究文献和其他与处于根本性变革过程中的高等教育改革相关的基本文件，来了解苏联高等教育的一般背景。为此，我们还将我们努力收集的有关那里正在进行的高等教育改革的材料中的一些重要文件翻译成日语。我们在中期报告的标题中发表了第一年的研究成果，标题为《苏联高等教育综合研究：高等教育改革的主要文件》。在本研究项目的第二年，我们试图在前面研究的基础上，澄清苏联高等教育改革的背景、现状、意义和迫在眉睫的问题。最终报告由十章组成：第一章，解释GE…当前苏联高等教育改革的总体态势。第二章至第十章阐述和讨论了以下问题：高等教育在终身学习中的作用；课程、学生、教师问题；政策的变化和高等教育招生的执行问题；种族和语言问题，目前处于关键地位的问题。由于这次调查与佩雷斯托利卡的进程不谋而合，研究对象本身成为变化的重要目标之一，在变化无常的情况下。例如，关于高等教育机构的条例被迫只是一个临时性的条例。(请参阅所附文件)。因此，本研究正是考虑到这些情况而展开的。当我们不得不随着那里重新发生的事件的出现而改变我们以前的理解时，我们经常面临这样的情况。然而，我们有信心地说，这项研究成果是目前关于苏联高等教育改革的最新和最准确的研究成果。较少

We have been engaged in this investigation for two years from 1988 to 1989. In the first year, we tried to understand general background of the higher education of the Soviet Union by reviewing research literature and other related basic documents concerning higher education reform which is now under the process of fundamental change. For this purpose we also translated into Japanese some of important documents among materials which we endeavored to collect regarding higher education reforms now taking place there. We have published the first year research result in the interim report titles as "Comprehensive Research on Higher Education in the Soviet Union: Major Documents of Higher Education Reforms."In the second year of this research project we tried to clarify, on the basis of the previous study, the context, present state, meaning and impending problems of the higher education reform in the Soviet Union.The final report is composed of ten chapters: The first chapter, explained ge … More neral situation of higher education reform of the Soviet Union at the present time. From Chapter 2 to Chapter 10 following items are elucidated and discussed: The role of higher education in the lifelong learning; Problems concerning curriculum, students, teaching staff; Changes of policies and implementation problems of admissions to higher education; Race and language problems which are currently at crucial issue.Because this investigation is coincidentally overlapped with the process of Perestoloika, the research subject itself is made one of the important targets of change and under a fluid situation. For example, The Regulation concerning Higher Education Institutions is forced to be only a provisional one. (Refer to the Attached Document). Consequently, this research is proceeded with these situation in mind. We often faced those situation when we had to change our former understanding with the emergence of events that took place anew there. However, we claim with confidence that this research results are the newest and most accurate about higher education reforms in USSR at the present time. Less