Innovative potential of Russian ecosystem models for managing the higher education space

Current research in the field of innovation, the functioning of educational ecosystems in universities and their management is considered. The place of innovations as drivers of development of the educational ecosystem and network management of universities as the most effective management model in the context of building an innovative educational environment is presented. Universities are presented where an educational ecosystem of innovation has been created in practice. Their structural divisions, principles and mechanisms of interaction between them and external participants, features of educational and entrepreneurial potential for the formation and implementation of an innovative product are described. As examples, new consortia and collaborations of Russian universities are given, created to solve modern innovative problems within the framework of the ecosystem approach.