SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN FRANCE: WEAKNESSES, PARADOXES AND TASKS OF UNIVERSITIES
The paper discusses the system of the higher education in France which is distributed between two general categories: universities and elite higher education institutions andoffers two types of education: the general and specialized. This system is characterized by the duality and the difficult organization which do it imprecise and reduce its efficiency.Weaknesses and paradoxes of this system have been defined, the offers of its efficiency have been considered by authors.Underestimation of teachers-researchers at university and shortage of financing have been noted. Authors of the article have revealed the numerous tasks which the French universities put before themselves, for example: adequate answer to needs of the population education, revision of students selection,variety of the education offer, increase of university self-government,need of university consideration from the point of view of management, etc.