The paper considers the elements of contemporary concept of knowledge production: traditional, discipline-based knowledge production, «Second type» knowledge production, «triple helix». There is suggested a new concept -«pentahelix» as a perspective form of knowledge production which is based on the interaction of the system «science - education - industry - authority - institutions of civil society». The article reveals the distinctive features of «pentahelix» which is extending the scientific notions of the processes currently occurring in the today's rapidly evolving society.

Foresight results concerning future of Russian higher education in the time horizon to 2030 are presented. Baseline trends and factors defining opportunities and limitations for Russian higher education development are identified. New options of higher education mission and functions in society are identified based on large-scale Delphi. Groups (packets) of perspective technologies that will be used for educational, research and innovation activities modernization are defined.

The article proposes a model of business education and the algorithm for strategic transformation. It is recommended principle of matrix structures and project-based approach to business education

The practical experience of creation of a system of continuous multi-tier entrepreneurship education at Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod is presented. The idea of qualified specialists capable of innovation entrepreneurship as a key resource for development of innovation economy is elaborated. Training of such specialists is considered to be the main task of modern leading universities.

It's shown that the association of highest technical educational institutions, industrial corporations, separate factories and business can base on the diversification and structuring of different purposes and tasks. The quasioptimum interaction scheme can base on the scientific, educational and innovative cooperation directions uniform complex and on the interested parties internal processes rates coordination. The educational process organization block and modular system as the possible interaction complex scheme mechanism providing is offered.

Models of network interaction between higher education institutions and Russian Academies of Sciences institutes are analysed for the purpose of educational programs in preparation of post-graduate (MSc and PhD) students. It is offered to create network programs on the basis of Scientific and Educational Centres (SEC) of National Research Universities via integrating scientific, educational, business, and inter-university cooperations. Examples of such of network educational programs on the basis of SEC in Perm National Research Polytechnic University are presented in this paper

In the article researches' results of the structure and content of pro-rectors' activities in Russian universities (dynamics of several years: 2006, 2008, 2012). Authors define the main directions of pro-rector's activities in higher educational institutions with proper quantitative and qualitative assessment.

This article describes the practice of selection and evaluation of the teaching staff at the medical faculties of Strasbourg (France) and the Ruhr (Germany) universities. Especially given contracts with professors of medical faculties in France and Germany, and describes the main areas of activity, given the amount of workload per week, opportunities for continuing education, continuing upon the occurrence of retirement age, the criteria for performance assessment and evaluation of the content of teaching by students

The authors consider one of the primary directions of the university development - the management of vocational guidance activities on the basis of client-oriented-approach. The ways of the formation and development of sustainable, long-term and mutually beneficial relations of the university with the subjects on the market of educational services are presented

This article presents the methodology of student satisfaction study focused on customer needs. Realization of all the methodology stages, focusing on the application of statistical methods at all stages of planning and implementation of students satisfaction studying is in details described.