professional expertise

The article examines the basic questions of reforming the higher education in Russia which are primarily connected to solving the problems of improving the quality of education and widening the range of educational services in universities. The emphasis is maid on quality management in Saratov State University.

The article examines the directions of institutionalization of professional expertise in the sphere of state national policy of the Russian Federation from the perspective of expansion and improvement of tools for its implementation. The necessity of creating a complex multi-level system of scientific support and dialogue between the authorities and the expert community is substantiated. The importance of forming a regional expert panel for ethnic and political analysis and monitoring is emphasized.