Government plans to monitor graduate employment

By Eugene Vorotnikov. Russia’s government plans to increase its control over higher education quality by regularly monitoring graduate employment. The first monitoring exercise will be completed in November, with the results to be taken into account in compiling national university rankings in 2014. According to the Ministry of Education, universities that have the worst records regarding graduate employment will be closed and their licences will be revoked. The government plans to draw on Western experience of graduate employment monitoring, using the Financial Times Global MBA Ranking as a guide in designing its own system. More...