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Анализируются проявления кризиса и грядущие перемены в инженерном образовании, обусловленные современными трендами в сфере занятости населения. Обозначаются реакции университета на социальные и экономические вызовы. Среди них переход от педагогики преподавания к педагогике обучения. Системе высшего образования требуются реформы: студентов нужно готовить к будущему. ; Globally, universities today face at least four sets of challenges. The first is to meet the expectation to prepare people for jobs available in today's globalized economy and to rethink yesterday's teaching practices. Secondly, it is necessary to create an educational system that prepares students to work in fields that do not exist today, therefore, further investment in teachers' skills should take place. Third, many scholars are pursuing their personal careers in an environment of high competition, so they are becoming politically and socially too "correct". Fourth, Universities have to undergo structural reforms that in the long term will limit broader access to higher education. Universities need to change and undergo a transition from: (1) teacher-centric to learning-centric education, (2) classroom-based teaching to anyplace, anytime learning, (3) mandated courses to hyper-individualized learning, (4) a general population of consumers to a growing population of producers.

В предлагаемой публикации внимание автора сосредоточено на возглавляемой США политике, именуемой правящей элитой этой страны как «война с террором». В своих истоках эта политика связывается автором с окончанием «холодной войны», с опытом посткоммунистических преобразований, а также с современными мировыми процессами, обобщенными в понятии «глобализация». При этом тематический акцент делается преимущественно на тех аспектах современной ситуации в мире, которые с очевидностью свидетельствуют о гегемонистских притязаниях США в мировой политике и понижении функционального статуса международного сообщества, представляемого ЕС и ООН. ; The author considers the policy of the USA called by the governing elite of this country «war on terrorism». In the opinion of the author this policy originated in connection with the end of cold war and experience accumulated during postcommunism transformations as well as modern world processes collectively called «globalization». The paper focuses on those aspects of the modern situation in the world which show the hegemonic aspirations of the USA in the world policy and lower the functional status of the world community represented by EU and UN.

This article is researching actual problems of democracy in Eastern Europe. Author analysis basic conceptual approaches to the problem of democracy and democratization in Latin America and Eastern Europe. The original essays are divided into three parts. Part One introduces a wide range of concepts and theories of democratization in general. Part Two is thematic; it focuses on dimensions of democratization that have been highlighted in the Eastern European context: legacies of communism, the role of economic reforms, the choice of political institutions, nationalism, and international influences on the democratization of Central and Eastern Europe. Part Three takes up the single most important controversy in post-communist studies how democratic are post-socialist democracies? The collection is very up-to-date, and covers the latest work in both democratization and area studies. ; This article is researching actual problems of democracy in Eastern Europe. Author analysis basic conceptual approaches to the problem of democracy and democratization in Latin America and Eastern Europe. The original essays are divided into three parts. Part One introduces a wide range of concepts and theories of democratization in general. Part Two is thematic; it focuses on dimensions of democratization that have been highlighted in the Eastern European context: legacies of communism, the role of economic reforms, the choice of political institutions, nationalism, and international influences on the democratization of Central and Eastern Europe. Part Three takes up the single most important controversy in post-communist studies how democratic are post-socialist democracies? The collection is very up-to-date, and covers the latest work in both democratization and area studies.