INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HIGHER EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

The purpose of the research - the study of the content and peculiarities of realization of innovative model of higher education in the Russian Federation to indicate the most promising directions of its improvement. Research problems were solved through the use of methods of structural analysis, rationale, sociological, comparative and systemic-functional methods. The results of this study can be used in the process of deeper understanding of the problems of innovative education in the framework of further scientific and theoretical studies, as well as in the implementation of practical models of innovative development of higher education in Russia. The conclusions and proposals made by the authors, can serve as a basis for improving the existing approaches to formation of innovative infrastructure of education. The practical significance of this work is proved by the authors' analysis of implementation practice of innovative approachesin the Russian education, as well as the analysis of opinions of Russian and foreign scientists, that allowed the authors to draw a conclusion about the role of education in the innovative development of society, to formulate dissenting in their country point of view about the content of innovative education, identify problems of higher education in Russia. The proposed article draws attention to the recent changes in the quality and amount of incoming information to a person. Significant improvement of information flow requires from contemporary people the ability to react quickly to changing situations. Here (in this regard) significantly the role of educationincreases, in the conditions of information society it aims to create a new type of human consciousness, which is based on knowledge and intellectual capacity for intellectual innovation. People with this type of consciousness are able to be authors of innovations, allowing to make a technological leap, so necessary for all economies of the world. The authors present their own interpretation of the concept and content of an innovative model of education. Its essence lies in changing the goals, content and technologies of education. The basic innovative approaches implemented in Russian higher education (implemented in the higher educational system of the Russian Federation) are emphasized. The article concludes that innovative education is impossible without the creation of innovative infrastructure. The authors describe various models of innovative infrastructure, introduced (widespread) in Russia. Special attention is given to the created scientific and technical clusters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]