The Unified State Exam in Russia: Problems and Perspectives

Authors

  • Elena Denisova-Schmidt
  • Elvira Leontyeva

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2014.76.5530

Keywords:

Russian higher education, corruption in Russian higher education, Unified State Exam, Institutional Corruption

Abstract

Since 2009, all Russian students have had to pass the EGE (Unified State Exam), which serves as both school finals and university entrance examinations. The EGE was planned as an efficient instrument to counter corruption in university admission and to promote student mobility. Since its inception, the EGE has only fulfilled half of these goals: while mobility has increased significantly, corruption persists. The paper explains some of the reasons for this.

Author Biographies

Elena Denisova-Schmidt

Elena Denisova-Schmidt is a lecturer at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland and an Edmond J. Safra Network Fellow at Harvard University, United States

Elvira Leontyeva

Elvira Leontyeva is professor at the Pacific National University in Khabarovsk, Russia.

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Published

2014-05-12

How to Cite

Denisova-Schmidt, E., & Leontyeva, E. (2014). The Unified State Exam in Russia: Problems and Perspectives. International Higher Education, (76), 22–23. https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2014.76.5530

Issue

No. 76: Summer 2014

Section

Countries and Regions

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