Research on the Tendency of Autonomy Reform of Russian National Universities in the Transitional Period

Promoting the reform of the university governance system and expanding the autonomy of universities are the main contents of the transformation of Russia's higher education system after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The Education Law grants independent legal status to national universities and expands the scope of their autonomy, Specifically, this is reflected in the increasing degree of autonomy of universities in teaching, research, and finance. However, it should also be noted that from the perspective of national governance, the Russian Federation government has not granted state universities complete independent autonomy. And currently the National universities are in a state of contraction in terms of enrollment and administrative power. The differentiation of autonomy makes the governance structure of national universities change, showing the characteristics of power down and power overflow. during the governance system reform of Russian State Universities in the new era.