TRANSFORMATION OF THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS OF UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE TEACHERS IN RUSSIA

The paper discusses the implications of the reform of professional education from the standpoint of changes in the position of teachers in universities and colleges. The study is based on an annually conducted survey of the population RLMS-HSE and data from the Russian Federal state statistics service. The research methods are descriptive analysis, regression and cluster analysis. The main results of the study are the following. Firstly, it is recorded an increase of working hours of pedagogical workers on both the primary and secondary jobs. The increase in the workload in most cases is due to the implementation of the teaching and administrative, but not research activities. Secondly, the increase in teachers salaries in recent years is due to the increase in the return on academic degrees, work experience in the educational organization and the number of working hours. Thirdly, there is revealed a growth of satisfaction of teachers with different aspects of work, especially the satisfaction with salary. Evaluation of teachers' job satisfaction is higher than the average for the Russian economy. Fourthly, the reforms have not solved the problem of substantial improvement of staffing in Russian universities and colleges. The share of older workers in the universities is increasing. There is an inadequate level of teachers' knowledge of foreign languages and informational technologies.