Internet Communication and Transformation of University Information Space

Abstract

The higher education in Russia is nowadays on way of change. These changes are based on Western approach which includes the process of information space development. Access to information that requires information disclosure, clarity and accuracy is one of the conditions of integration in international higher education market. The need of sufficient volume of open information is discussed by university and academic community. This openness is a component of university competitiveness and one of the criteria of global ranking. Development of information and communication technologies and Internet allows the university top management to change radically the information space of the higher education. These changes include the revision of the basis of information organization in higher school, and stimulate the increase of information openness in education process. The realization of this principle allows to satisfy the main target audiences (parents, employers, students, and teachers) and to optimize the mechanisms of the state and public control of education system. The authors determine the ways of information space development of higher educational institution and offer the overview of efforts of TPU in this sphere.