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author: Volodymyr Ryabchenko


Urgency of the research. For Ukraine to become a competitive and successful country based on the level of wellness of it’s citizens and be even with world leading countries, it needs competitive staff and real national elite, which is ruled by democratic values and governmental life-views. This is actualizes democratization of social environment of national higher education institutions as a prerequisite for development the personal potential of the subjects of its action.

Target setting. Democracy is considered as the only form of developing social interactions, which is a civilized alternative to authoritarianism. The history of work civilization has proven, that democratic environment is not just the best for subjects in power to enhance their actions, but also develops best conditions for development and realization of individual in it, because of freedom to choose and civil competitiveness in a first place. Democratic environment frees an initiative, creativity of each human; it also awakens and educates social responsibility.

Actual scientific researches and issues analysis. The research of Ukraine’s democratization problem in higher education institutions in this case and education as it is are outlined in publications of T. Shizhko, Y. Ivanmov, S. Kvit, M. Mychailychenko, Y. Parpan, I. Siladiiy, L. Sheliuk, Y. Yushkevych and other authors.

The research objective. Ground the need of social environment democratization in higher education institutions as a prerequisite for personal potential development of it’s action subjects.

The statement of basic material. There are following prerequisites outlined in this article: worldwide democratization trend; complexity of structures of social systems; growing needs in human capital development; autonomy of national higher education institutions; civilizational problem of Ukraine in national elite. Conceptual problems on a road to real democracy in higher education institutions were actualized and analyzed. Determined and characterized three models of higher education institutions activities based on the level of democratization needs of their social environment as: negative, neutral and favorable.

Conclusion. The best conditions for social environment democratization are developed in the certain higher education institution, that can ensure the development of quality academically personnel, students contingent, and is oriented on creating best possible self- potential development for all its subjects. These conditions only become possible in a democratic social environment. Level of self- potential development of students is up to date and the final result of higher education institution activity. The more developed self-potential students have, the more productive they are in a daily career. The more productive people with higher education are, the more productive is a society they live and work in. Development of self-potential on its turn depends on the level of personal potential of education personnel. This model of activity creates a positive reputation for higher education institution, which is developed for years and decades and is formed on personal life successes of its graduates. Loss of priority in orienting university activities to the personal potential development of higher education applicants inevitably leads to the loss of its reputation. Higher education institution’s reputation has a high cost, and unlike the advertising image, which entices applicants to study, you can’t buy it for money.

Key words: Ukraine, democratization, state-based views, higher education institution, health competitiveness, human capital, national elite, social environment, values, civilization.

 

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