Keywords
educational services
financing
higher education institutions
state budget
sources of financing
public-private partnership
sustainable development
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Abstract
Modern socio-economic transformations in Ukraine have led to radical changes in higher education, serving as a basis for generating new knowledge and training highly qualified personnel. At the same time, market economic conditions significantly affect the processes of formation and use of financial resources of higher education institutions. The purpose of this study is to deepen the theoretical foundations and develop practical recommendations regarding the adaptive-selective type of financing of higher education institutions in overcoming sustainable development disparities. It is argued that financing is the process of providing the subjects of all institutional sectors of the economy, including types of economic activity (in particular education) and their institutions, with the necessary monetary resources. The work systematizes the sources of formation of financial resources of higher education institutions in overcoming sustainable development disparities, and also defines external (economic and political state of the country; scientific, technical and informational environment; external economic environment; natural and ecological environment) and internal influencing factors (material and the technical base of institutions of higher education; the volume of state orders for the training of specialists; fees for educational and other services) for the formation of financial resources in institutions of higher education. Conceptual approaches to improving the financing mechanism of higher education in Ukraine to overcome sustainable development disparities are justified, which will take into account the need to rethink the theoretical and methodological foundations of the influence of higher education on the development of the national economy. The implementation of the proposed recommendations will contribute to strengthening the influence of the adaptive-selective type of financing of higher education institutions in overcoming disparities in development on the activation of educational activities in Ukraine.
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