The coordination of professional and educational standards as a mechanism for the effective management of higher it-education quality

The article belongs to research category and is devoted to the problem of compliance of high school graduates' quality with the employers' requirements. The aim of the research is to describe and analyze modern mechanisms for coordination of professional and educational standards. The main method used is the systematic analysis of the actual qualification requirements for the high school graduates' by the professional community in the field of information technology in the United States, the United Kingdom and the Russian Federation. The main result of the study is the conclusion that the effective participation of professional institutions and associations in the preparation of educational programs of higher professional education is needed. The data presented in the article shows the need for taking into account the professional standards' requirements and the prospective employers' needs in the development of educational programs. This will give the education process the complex and practice-oriented properties, and will guarantee graduates the demand in the labor market. The implementation of this recommendation into practice is possible under certain conditions: improving the quality of material and human resources of universities, the effective input selection of students, the development of the innovation educational programs, the modernization of organizational, methodological base and the regulatory frame-work of their design and implementation. In education, the obtained results can be used in the design, certification and accreditation of practice-oriented education programs. The novelty of the article is pointing out the need to consider professional standards as a tool for effective influence on the quality of university education based on the sustainable interaction between the employment and education systems in order to fulfill the main Russian economic problems.