INTEGRAL INDICATOR OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT IN ECONOMIC SPACE OF THE REGION
The topicality of elaboration of target indicator of higher education system development as a subsystem of the regional economy is proved. The reasons, organizational and pithy characteristics of higher education system that caused the need to revise indicator s of this system´s development in favor of regional benchmarks are listed. Critically presented generally accepted private estimates of productivity based method of elaboration of higher education system development prognostic indicators. The topicality of use of higher education system development integral indicator is proved, method of its calculation is proposed, and the statistic possibility of its actual values evaluation is proved. Based on the proposed integral indicator the level of development of higher education system of the Volga Federal District is analyzed, the conclusion about the low level of its ability to provide regional development is justified.