Internationalization of Higher Education in Russia: Regional Aspect

The article analyzes the regional aspect of internationalization in the system of higher education in Russia on the example of the M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University (Yakutsk, Yakutia). NEFU is considered as an institution that socializes Russian and foreign students through facilitating crosscultural communication between them. In May 2022, 116 Chinese and 116 Russian students studying at NEFU were interviewed. Philology, Human Resource Management, and Economics as fields of study were considered. These were the three more popular niches of study among the Chinese students. Preparing of high level specialists by the different specializations of Economics, in the field of management will help to strength personnel pool for the regional economy. Also, for the first time in the regional sociology, the motivation of Russian and Chinese students in the process of studying in the university was studied, a comparative analysis was carried out. The methods of McClelland, Ilyin, and Hofstede, as well as the methods of questionnaires and analytical induction were used. It was revealed that the foreign students demonstrated higher achievement motivation than Russian students. The Chinese students rely on such national character traits as industriousness, discipline, and pragmatism in the process of higher education. At the same time Russians (Yakutians) show such traits of the national mentality as vitality, openness, and communicativeness. The responsibility for establishing effective cross-cultural communication in the university lies mainly on the local residents, and the foreigners expect such activities from them.

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