THE HIGHER EDUCATION ADAPTABILITY TO THE DIGITAL ECONOMY

Аннотация

Digitalization processes are global and performed in all spheres of economic activities. The
development of the digital economy correlates with the dynamics of educational, scientific and technical, and
innovative activities in the country. Higher education particularly affects the development of the digital economy
because it is a system training highly qualified personnel, conducting quality research, and generating innovations.
The purpose of the article is the identification of promising vectors of higher education system development under
the conditions of digitalization of national economy. Section 1 of the article presents the authors’ methodological
approach to assessment the impact of educational, research, and innovation components on digital economy
development. The implementation of the authors’ approach covers the phased use of methods of statistical, index,
cluster and system analysis. The influence of higher education on the structural components of the digital economy
(educational, research, innovative ones) is grounded. The result of the study was the identification of main trends in
the development of higher education under the conditions of digital economy. The problems of the development of
higher education are systematized in the groups: contextual, legal, organizational and economic, financial, logistical
problems, and problems of internationalization. Based on the results of the analysis, the authors conclude the
necessity of development of a conceptual base for increasing the digital adaptability of the higher education system
to new socio-economic conditions. Section 2 of the article describes the concept of the digital adaptability strategy of
the higher education system. The concept was developed on the base of structural and functional, systemic and
synergetic, and institutional approaches. The proposed concept is based on the idea of deepening the long-term
partnership of universities with stakeholders within the Quadruple Helix model. In the conclusion section, the
authors highlight the key priorities of the digital adaptability strategy of the higher education system.