April 10, 2009
In Russia, University Reforms Meet With Faculty Resistance
A new research institution, created to raise the country's academic reputation, also struggles with crumbling labs and outdated equipment
Vladislav Zakharevich became the head of the newly established Southern Federal University here in 2006, charged with turning it into one of the world's leading research universities in less than a decade.
This was no small task. Russia's university system has steadily deteriorated since the 1990s due in large part to shrinking budgets and
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