MURFREESBORO — An
MTSU expert on Russia will take part in a renowned research institute’s
exploration of educational issues in the country.
Dr. Andrei Korobkov, a professor of political science, will
be a panelist for “Innovation, Brain Drain and the Politics of Russian Higher
Education Reform” Wednesday, April 23, at the prestigious Kennan Institute of
the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.
The topic arises from concerns about the domestic and
international challenges facing Russian universities.
“Russian higher education has done more to integrate western
norms and standards than virtually any other national institution,” states the
event’s webpage at www.wilsoncenter.org.
“Yet Russia’s universities and research institutes continue to face economic
and political headwinds that raise questions about their ability to compete in
a global marketplace.”
Korobkov is a former short-term research scholar with the
institute. He worked on a project titled “Migration Aspects of the Post-Soviet
Transition” from Oct. 1 to Nov. 1, 2007.
The project focused on how residents of the former Soviet
Union moved among the former republics after the USSR’s collapse in 1991, one
of Korobkov’s research specialties.
Korobkov is a faculty adviser for MTSU’s Russian studies
minor. He teaches courses in the former Soviet Union, international law,
eastern European politics, world politics and American foreign policy.
He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Moscow
State University and his doctorate in economics from the Institute of Economics
of the World Socialist System, USSR Academy of Sciences. Korobkov‘s doctorate
in political science is from the University of Alabama.
For more information about the conference, go to www.wilsoncenter.org.
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