The article contains data on continuous education of the population in Russia and European countries, as well as information on the particular techniques of measuring the basic indicators. Indicators for Russia have been formed on a cross-cut of basic socio-demographic groups present on the...

The article offers a platform for professional and public discussion of a long-term model for Russian education and what it will look like in 2020. The article does not pretend to give an ultimate description of this model, and presents only the most basic ideas. These ideas are meant to be...

The article investigates the connection between family resources and the choice of particular educational trajectories. The authors show that the education level of a family serves as a stimulus for adults and children. The principle incentives for acquiring a higher education increasingly...

The development of regional systems of continuous education is becoming a priority of the educational policy. This is a demand of the modernization: a functionalist principle .one education for the whole life. is being replaced by the principle of .lifelong learning. that affirms the worth of...

Oleg Podolskiy - Ph.D., Candidate of Sciences, PIAAC National Coordinator in the Russian Federation; Research Fellow, Institute of Education, National Research University - Higher School of Economics. E-mail: opodolskiy@hse.ruDmitry Popov - Candidate of Sciences, Senior Researcher, Institute of...

Darya Litvina, intern researcher at the Center for Youth Studies, National Research University - Higher School of Economics - St. Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, second prize winner in the Analytical Study Competition. Email: litvina.darya@mail.ru Yelena Omelchenko, Ph.D. in...

Semyon Vershlovsky, Ped.D., Professor in the Department of Pedagogy and Andragogy, St. Petersburg Academy for Postgraduate Pedagogical Education, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. Email: sg2701@mail.ru Address: 11-13 Lomonosova St., Saint Petersburg, 191002, Russian Federation.The...