Abstract
The article considers peculiarities of the regional development and their influence on the state of the system of higher-education in modern Russia. The concept of elite professional education is used as a means of social mobility and an instrument of shaping the social structure of a particular region.
Keywords
- development index of human potential
- the quality of the population
- the balance of internal areas of the country
- local elites
- regional system of vocational education
- state regional policy