THE PLACE OF GEOGRAPHICAL EDUCATION IN THE SECTORAL STRUCTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE CENTRAL FEDERAL DISTRICT
The article presents the sectoral and geographical structure of higher education in the Central Federal District. The modern features of the sectoral structure are explained in terms ofthe transformation processes of the 1990s - 2000s. To assess theplace of geographic education in the structure of training highly qualified personnel, a group of natural sciences 05.00.00 “Earth Sciences” was defined. The conclusion is made about the low popularity of the training directions for this group. In most regions of the Central Federal District, training is carried out mainly in the directionof training “Ecology and nature management”.