The historiography of higher education in the conditions of formation of new Russia (1990-2000)

The dramatic transformations of the 1990-s resulted in profound changes in the sphere of higher education. The new stage in development of the education system stipulated the emergence of the modern historiography regarding the education policy. Updated knowledge, integration of scientific disciplines, emergence of new cross-disciplinary subjects altered the requirements to the education, its role and place in the country. The methodological pluralism allowed covering all the problems of the history of higher education. The historiographical analysis has shown that the sources present conceptualization of the main areas of the education policy. The efficient establishment of the higher school contributed to the development of the contemporary historiography.