Роль сети ресурсных учебно-методических центров в развитии инклюзивного высшего образования в Российской Федерации

Mariana B. Sokolova; Maria V. Petrovskaya; Kristina V. Meshcheryakova; Olga A. Denisova; Olga L. Lekhanova; Tatiana F. Krasnopevtseva

doi:10.25726/n1974-0295-5847-s

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Mariana B. Sokolova Coordinating Center for Inclusive Higher Education and the Realization of Professional Opportunities; State University of Management, 109542, Moscow, Ryazansky Prospekt, 99
Maria V. Petrovskaya https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0668-9019 Coordinating Center for Inclusive Higher Education and the Realization of Professional Opportunities; State University of Management; Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, 109542, Moscow, Ryazansky Prospekt, 99
Kristina V. Meshcheryakova Coordinating Center for Inclusive Higher Education and the Realization of Professional Opportunities; State University of Management, 109542, Moscow, Ryazansky Prospekt, 99
Olga A. Denisova https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0236-9181 Resource Training and Methodological Center of the North-Western Federal District for the education of people with disabilities and disabilities; Cherepovets State University, 162600, Russia, Vologda Oblast, Cherepovets, Sovetsky Avenue, 10, room 102
Olga L. Lekhanova https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0882-4632 Resource Training and Methodological Center of the North-Western Federal District for the education of people with disabilities and disabilities; Cherepovets State University, 162600, Russia, Vologda Oblast, Cherepovets, Sovetsky Avenue, 10, room 102
Tatiana F. Krasnopevtseva https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8929-9368 Resource Training and Methodological Center for the Education of the Disabled and People with Disabilities; Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University named after Kozma Minin, 298650, Russian Federation, Republic of Crimea, Yalta, Stakhanovskaya Street, 11

DOI: 10.25726/n1974-0295-5847-s EDN: EVXKAM

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GOST Sokolova M. B., Petrovskaya M. V., Meshcheryakova K. V., Denisova O. A., Lekhanova O. L., Krasnopevtseva T. F. The role of the network of resource educational and methodological centres in the development of inclusive higher education in the Russian Federation // Education Management Review. 2026. Vol. 16. No. 10. P. 75-93. DOI: 10.25726/n1974-0295-5847-s

APA Sokolova, M. B., Petrovskaya, M. V., Meshcheryakova, K. V., Denisova, O. A., Lekhanova, O. L. & Krasnopevtseva, T. F. (2026). The role of the network of resource educational and methodological centres in the development of inclusive higher education in the Russian Federation. Education Management Review, 16(10), 75-93. https://doi.org/10.25726/n1974-0295-5847-s

Abstract

The article examines the network of resource educational and methodological centres for the education of persons with disabilities, which has been taking shape within the higher education system of the Russian Federation since 2016. The aim is to describe the institutional configuration of the network in quantitative terms and to assess how evenly partnership ties are distributed across it. The empirical base comprises regulatory documents of 2016-2023, official materials of the network's coordinating centre, the open register of partner universities (685 records), monitoring indicators of higher education institutions as of 1 January 2025, and the results of a sample survey of 320 employers. The methods include content analysis of regulatory sources, secondary analysis of monitoring data, and descriptive statistics computed on the register of partnership agreements. The network of 25 centres and 685 partner universities is shown to cover 90.1% of students with disabilities; at the same time, the coefficient of variation of partnership ties reaches 0.48, and the five largest centres account for 36.6% of all agreements. The lists of assigned territories cover 85 of the 89 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, while the Far Eastern Federal District holds only 5.4% of the partner network. The ratio of graduates to admitted students equals 0.50, against 0.63 for the higher education system as a whole. The authors argue that the binding constraint on inclusive higher education has moved from educational infrastructure to labour demand.

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inclusive higher education resource educational and methodological centre network cooperation students with disabilities accessibility of higher education learning support graduate employment education policy

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The authors did not declare any external funding for this research.

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