Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to revisit the special issue of Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal which was published in 1991 and which sought to stimulate the “green accounting” debate, to evaluate that issue and, in particular, to examine what we might learn about the...

Compiled by A.N. Ryzhov

Speech at the Public Opening of the Nikolay Imperial University at Saratov, December 6, 1909 (Foreword by E.N. Penskaya)

The article offers a historical survey of the emergence and development of pedagogical education in Russia from the 17th century up to the beginning of the 21st century. The leading national traditions in the pedagogical education dating from the end of the 17th century are elucidated, namely,...

The article is focused on the differences between university statutes of 1803-1804 years which were given to Vilna (or Vilnius) university and Dorpat (or Tartu) university and three Russian universities in Moscow, Kharkov and Kazan. The authors analyze not only the management of universities,...

The article analyzes the reforms in higher education in the 1920s and 30s based on the experience of the Tomsk State University. It is in this period that the Soviet authorities, together with the faculty, searched for the optimal model of higher education. This included determining which...

The article considers the problems of the emergence of Masters programs in Russia. If gives a brief historical review of approaches to the organization of such programs as they existed from the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century. The author describes the features of Russian...

Compiled by E.N. Penskaya

The article presents the modern views on the crucial role of career counseling in forming the professional and personal choices of an individual. The author touches upon historical and cultural realities that influence career counseling in the West, and analyzes the psychological reasons for the...