CONTEMPORARY ISSUES OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION
The article represents the issue of education quality management in the context of convergence, which is the main factor in the formation of modern innovations. As examples of the convergence the authors analyze merging universities and convergence requirements of the educational and professional standards. To improve the management quality of higher education and implement the competence approach the authors suggest the linear structural equation modeling.
Keywords: education quality management, convergence, educational standards, professional standards, structural equation modeling.
Viktor I. Zvonnikov, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Director of Education Quality Management Department; Marina B. Chelyshkova, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, deputy of Education Quality Management Department. - State University of Management, Moscow.