HERB 3(13) Fall 2017 Higher School of Everything

In 2017, Higher School of Economics turns 25. For a university, this is a very young age, so we will celebrate this milestone in the form of an “anti-anniversary”: we give out presents instead of receiving them, we laugh at ourselves, contemplate about the challenges we face and about how to become even better. This special issue of Higher Education in Russia and Beyond, which discusses the development of our university, is published as part of this “anti-anniversary year.”

Higher School of Economics is a unique post-soviet educational project. In a very short time HSE has evolved from a small graduate school specializing in economics into a global research university with a variety of academic fields (so people sometimes call us “Higher School of Everything”). HSE grew rapidly over time, it changed, it solved a number of complex problems and developed institutes which later gained widespread acceptance within Russian higher education.

The articles in this issue are authored by HSE faculty and friends, who write about various aspects of the university’s life and the challenges of its development. In the opening interview with HSE rector one can learn about the university’s major development drivers and the risks of rapid growth. In the second part, members of HSE International Expert Council discuss external challenges. In the third part, HSE faculty analyze some of the institutes and practices that have developed at HSE.

We believe that examining HSE experience through critical self-scrutiny could be useful for fastgrowing universities that face similar issues both in Russia and beyond.

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