Use of consulting for mentorship renewal at higher educational institutions

the article dwells on the phenomenon of mentorship in connection with consulting development in a modern higher educational institution. The author marks that significant decrease of productivity for functioning of the institute of mentorship in the system of professional training of pedagogical staff leads to prolonged period of adaptation for young specialists, problems in professional activities, decrease of motivation and loss of unique experience of professional activities of senior generations. Consulting is positioned as pedagogical technology of innovation development at higher educational institutions which might promote the renewal of mentorship at universities. The client of consulting is supposed to be a young specialist, experiencing problems in professional practice. Consulter serves as collective cumulative entity which is being formed to solve a specific problem. For this purpose a special department is established made up of specially trained personnel, the so called «consulting university service». Consulting is implemented through the use of consulting techniques which have been historically identified with the guidance phenomenon. Through comparison of problems solved by guidance and consulting, the commonality of approaches, content, forms and methods in professional support for young specialists is proved. The offered conclusions are of interest for professors, managers of higher education, consulting specialists.