Theoretical-methodological aspects of education’s public regulation

Abstract

Public regulation in education is a complex managerial process that can combine or focus on various directions, goals, and objects. This research addresses the regulation of educational establishments’ competitiveness by the state represented by public authorities. Yet, it is worth noting that it is one of the managerial impact’s aspects. It is worth taking into account vertical and horizontal relationships for achieving the set goal – securing the educational establishments’ competitiveness – when conducting the comprehensive research of a mechanism (mechanisms) of public regulation of educational establishments’ activity. The article defines the content of public regulation in education. It substantiates the logic of drafting the subject of the research of educational establishments competitiveness’s public regulation. The overall scheme of the mechanism of public regulation is suggested in the context of securing the educational establishments’ competitiveness in Ukraine. The specifics of the objective of the mechanism of educational establishments competitiveness’s public regulation are determined. The article aims to define the content of education’s public regulation and determine its educational establishments’ competitiveness mechanism. The tools-related and target-oriented dominants in the operation of the public regulation mechanism in relation to educational establishments’ competitiveness, their development, and the educational domain as a whole are substantiated. The legal mechanisms of public regulation of educational establishments activity in Ukraine are examined, and their conceptual use is determined. The article emphasizes the importance of applying the criteria for strategic planning of the demographic reproduction of the population that has much influence on the activity of educational establishments in Ukraine. Special attention is paid to administrative and institutional mechanisms, namely in terms of public-private management and partnership, as well as establishing the cluster-cooperative relationships.