New law on higher education in Ukraine: innovations and risks

Since the signing of the Bologna Convention in 2005, the higher education of Ukraine has been in a state of changes. Modern development of higher education in Ukraine is a subject of market economy laws, which require reforms of higher education in the context of global trends in education systems. The difference between the national higher education structure and the international one complicates the adaptation to international education standards, programs and qualifications. An important step to solve these issues was the adoption of the new Law on Higher Education of Ukraine in 2014. Basic mechanisms of the reform are to ensure a fair competition in the education market, the modern methods of higher education public financing, the academic and financial autonomy of HEIs. These innovations aim to integrate the Ukrainian education system in the EHEA. This requires, on one hand, careful study of European experience, on the other hand – the preservation of national educational traditions. Accordingly, the aim of this paper is to study the changes and associated risks that the new law brought