EDUCATIONAL POTENTIAL OF A UNIVERSITY in terms of IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM "STRATEGY 2020"
The paper reveals the essence of educational potential in the higher educational institution through the prism of the program “The Strategy of Innovative Development of the Russian Federation for the Period to 2020”. Special attention is paid to establishing the correspondence between the directions of the development of the national higher education system set by the Government and the possibility of using the educational potential of a university for this purpose. The author characterizes the educational potential of higher education as a multi-factorial phenomenon which has a huge impact on the ultimate outcome of the training process at a university, namely, a future specialist. An attempt is made to define the structure, main functions, capabilities and tasks of the educational potential. The participants of the educational process are divided into external and internal agents who are also given characteristics. The main driving force in the formation of the educational environment of a university is student council. The data distinguished and summarized in the paper can be adopted by the management of higher education institutions, methodological associations and teacher groups. It is concluded that an understanding of the structure of educational potential, as well as the desire to follow the specified criteria described in the Strategy, will help the state and society build a new type of educational institution that meets modern requirements. Thus, understanding the structure of the educational potential, as well as the desire to follow the specified criteria described in the Strategy, will help the government and the society build a new type of educational institution that can meet modern requirements.