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The article analyzes the social effects of managerial management of higher education in Russia. The purpose of the study is to create a typology of negative effects caused by the use of managerial tools, determine their scale, compare them with the expected achievements of reforms, and assess the feasibility of continuing the transformations. The empirical base for the conclusions in this article was formed over a period of four years, from 2022 to 2025. This includes mass surveys, in-depth interviews, and document analysis. It is reflected in several author's publications, which provide a detailed description of the sample and the subject of the study. The typology is based on the principle of aligning the results of managerial management with the activities of three main actors in the institution of higher education: teachers, scientists, and effective managers. The negative effects on the professional activities of teachers include: the indifference of the management to the educational process, the growth of meaningless activism, and the elimination of the educational environment for training talents and geniuses. The negative effects on the professional activities of scientists include the disappearance of thematic specialization and the destruction of the value of science as a social institution for the accumulation of new knowledge. The negative effects on the professional activities of university administration lead to the emergence of a parasitic class in the academic community, which is a specific social stratum that has lost the characteristics of classical bureaucracy and acts solely to achieve its corporate interests, which are antagonistic to both society and the state. The article concludes that managerial reforms in higher education are ineffective.
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@article{Kovalev2026Social,
title = {Social effects of managerialism in Russian higher education},
author = {Vitaly V. Kovalev},
journal = {Nauka Kultura Obshestvo},
year = {2026},
doi = {10.19181/nko.2026.32.2.9},
url = {https://doi.org/10.19181/nko.2026.32.2.9}
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