The future of universities and universities of the future (part II)

The article provides an analysis of the current state of the higher education system, examines possible directions of transformation of universities in the era of knowledge societies, in the period of universal globalization and digitalization in response to the challenges of modernity. New models of universities, approaches to the assessment of ongoing changes are presented. The author's vision of the mission of universities at the present stage is given. The infl uence of global rankings on the diff erentiation and transformation of universities is shown.