PUBLIC PROPERTY IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF RUSSIAN HIGHER EDUCATION: ISSUES OF LAW AND MANAGEMENT

The article examines the legal and organizational problems related to the management of public property assigned to state higher education institutions. The focus is on the institutional imbalance between the autonomy of universities and the restrictive regime of operational property management established by civil and budgetary legislation. Universities are often unable to perform effectively a wide range of public functions – from educational, scientific, and expert to museum and library, as well as territorial development – both de jure and de facto, due to a lack of flexibility and efficiency in managing their assigned public property complexes. The authors propose to replace the archaic institute of operational management with a more flexible regime in order to create a management model focused on the effective use of public property for the implementation of various functions prescribed to universities by Russian legislation.

public property, educational law, Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, St. Petersburg State University, higher education institutions, educational policy, higher education system in Russia, state universities of Russia