Modern Realities of Foreign Educational Migration

Abstract

The study analyzed educational migration in Russia. Migration is considered from the standpoint of an integrated indicator that reflects complex socio-economic processes in society. The factors of territorial mobility of the population are listed. Under their influence, the directions, dynamics, intensity and consequences of migration for donor and recipient countries change. The place and role of educational migration in the modern world are shown. The study examined the structure and dynamics of the number of foreign students studying in the universities of the Russian Federation. The directions of tough competitive struggle of national educational models in the international market of educational services and rating indicators for evaluating the activities of universities are analyzed. It is noted that the West conducts unfair competition in relation to Russian universities and the entire education system, which manifests itself in sanctions pressure, the exclusion of Russia from the Bologna process, the refusal to nostrify educational documents, etc. It is emphasized that external educational migration to a certain extent can be considered as a form of brain drain. The largest recipient countries of foreign students are indicated, which include the USA, Great Britain, China, Canada, Australia, and France.