The role of higher education institutions in preparing young people for life in a democracy

- Єршов, Микола-Олег Володимирович (orcid.org/0000-0002-6839-622X) (2026) The role of higher education institutions in preparing young people for life in a democracy Project Report. ТОВ «Юрка Любченка», м. Київ, Україна.

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Abstract

The publication presents an analysis of empirical research findings on the role of higher education in preparing youth for life and activity in a democracy. Particular attention is focused on the specifics of preparing higher education students to fulfill key social roles: the Individual, Family Member, Citizen, and Professional. Based on a comparative analysis of Soviet and contemporary Ukrainian educational paradigms, the study reveals the evolution of the university mission, identifies the disciplinary imbalance between professional and socio-humanitarian training vectors in modern higher education institutions (HEIs), evaluates the degree of freedom in educational choice, and examines the institutional barriers to developing students’ civic agency. The study empirically substantiates the link between personal resilience and life satisfaction on the one hand, and the credibility of HEIs’ declarations regarding students’ socio-humanitarian development, the scope of socio-humanitarian curricula, and the adequacy of acquired socio-humanitarian knowledge on the other. It highlights the outcomes of a SWOT analysis of socio-humanitarian education in contemporary Ukraine, substantiates plausible prognostic scenarios for its further trajectory, provides a set of multi-level recommendations to address current challenges, and presents a strategic framework for advancing socio-humanitarian education to foster the resilience of Ukrainian society during wartime and post-war recovery. The publication is addressed to educational policy-makers and administrators, developers of higher education standards, HEI leadership, academic program coordinators, researchers, university faculty, student self-government bodies, civil society representatives, and all stakeholders committed to the transformation of higher education in Ukraine and the development of mechanisms to safeguard the democratic foundations of Ukrainian society.

Item Type:	Monograph (Project Report)
Additional Information:	ISBN 978-617-8789-06-0
Keywords:	socio-humanitarian education, higher education, higher education institutions, educational environment, social roles, social resilience, subjective well-being, academic freedom
Subjects:	Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 303 Methods of the social sciences Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 304 Social questions. Social practice. Cultural practice. Way of life (Lebensweise) Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 37.01/.09 Special auxiliary table for theory, principles, methods and organization of education Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 378 Higher education. Universities. Academic study
Divisions:	Institute of Pedagogical Education and Education for the Adults > Department of Theory and Practice of Pedagogical Education
Depositing User:	Єршов Микола-Олег Володимирович докторант
Date Deposited:	05 Oct 2026 08:04
Last Modified:	05 Oct 2026 08:04
URI:	https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/id/eprint/750407

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