Reforming of The System of Higher Education in The State of the Former Soviet Union: Characteristics and Problems

The processes of globalization that took place in the modern world, significantly influenced on system of management of higher education, refocusing it on subject-subject relationship by achieving a balance of interests of the individual, society and state. The priority task of reforming higher educational system of Republic of Kazakhstan is integration into the world educational space by bringing the management of Kazakhstan's system of higher education in line with international norms and standards. This led to significant changes in organizational, structural plans, updating educational content and improving quality of training in accordance with current socio-economic and political conditions of the country's development and progressive experience of developed countries. The authors make a conclusion that system of higher education today is an area of interaction of state and society interests in the face of their institutions and citizens. It involves compulsory participation of subjects of educational relations in administration and ability to influence on functioning and development of higher education system and also to be responsible for creating conditions which are necessary for higher education system to accomplish its social and educational functions. There are some facts that prevent from cooperation of designated subjects in management of higher education system in Republic of Kazakhstan such as lack of social and personal constituent in management of higher education system, lack of legal and regulatory framework to attract individuals and society to the management of the higher education system, lack of cooperation of state authorities with the public regulatory institutions in determining of higher education content.