EDUCATIONAL MIGRATION FROM THE COUNTRIES OF THE EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION: SOCIAL THREATS, PROSPECTS, DYNAMICS
The article considers educational migration as one of the significant drivers of the integration for Eurasian Economic Union members. The importance of Eurasian Economic Union integration in the field of education as one of the most important conditions and driving forces of economic integration is emphasized. The author describes the social threats to integration and assesses the dynamics of educational mobility in the region. Statistics are given on the number of students at schools, colleges and universities of professional education of state and non-state ownership of the EAEC member states since 2013, and on the number of educational organizations of primary, secondary and higher professional education. Particular attention is given to the description of social threats and risks of integration policy in the field of education, as well as possible ways of development and prospects of cooperation. The role of Russia and the Russian language in the Eurasian Economic Union is analyzed. The forms of educational cooperation and the most optimal organizational ways of implementing the integration of the EAEC member states are described. Much attention is also paid to the number of students of educational institutions of higher professional education who arrived from the EAEC member states since 2013/14 (statistics for each of the following countries are given: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia).