Financing for Privatdocentur in Russian Imperial Universities: legislation and practice

This article studies the time-varying mechanisms of fi nancing privatdozentur in universities of the Russian Empire in 1803–1884. It takes into account the variety of available forms of payment for privatdozentur and the specifi city of particular universities. Special attention is paid to the polic...

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Main Author: Ilia Piskunov
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Language:Russian
Published: St. Tikhon's Orthodox University 2018-12-01
Series:Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия ИИ. История, история Русской Православной Церкви
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Online Access:http://periodical.pstgu.ru/ru/pdf/article/6402
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description This article studies the time-varying mechanisms of fi nancing privatdozentur in universities of the Russian Empire in 1803–1884. It takes into account the variety of available forms of payment for privatdozentur and the specifi city of particular universities. Special attention is paid to the policy of the Ministry of Education which directly determined the amount of funding and its distribution among universities. A considerable proportion of the total amount of payment for the work of privatdocents was assumed by educational institutions themselves; nevertheless, the comparative value of their contribution varied signifi cantly, changing from university to university. In these conditions, the study of practices of each university, conducted on the basis of archival sources, makes it possible to clarify a rather opaque scheme of fi nancing of Russian privatdozentur. Recognising the fi nancial issue as a key factor in the existence and development of any educational organisation, we examine the reasons for the survival of the institution of privatdozentur under the circumstances of extremely low levels of funding from the state and universities; the situation was further complicated by instability and lack of fi nancial guarantees for privat-docents. As a result of comparison of the Russian model of fi nancing privatdozentur with its prototype in German universities, the conclusion has been made about the fundamental diff erence between these two systems, which points to the special position of privatdozentur in the overall picture of adapting university ideas to Russian educational practice.
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spelling doaj-art-ff35465bea6b4e2e87683ce5c4f5c9762025-08-20T03:04:06ZrusSt. Tikhon's Orthodox UniversityВестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия ИИ. История, история Русской Православной Церкви1991-64342409-48112018-12-0180806176http://dx.doi.org/10.15382/sturII201880.61-768Financing for Privatdocentur in Russian Imperial Universities: legislation and practiceIlia Piskunov0Moscow State University; 27/4 Lomonosovsky Prospekt, Moscow 119991, Russian FederationThis article studies the time-varying mechanisms of fi nancing privatdozentur in universities of the Russian Empire in 1803–1884. It takes into account the variety of available forms of payment for privatdozentur and the specifi city of particular universities. Special attention is paid to the policy of the Ministry of Education which directly determined the amount of funding and its distribution among universities. A considerable proportion of the total amount of payment for the work of privatdocents was assumed by educational institutions themselves; nevertheless, the comparative value of their contribution varied signifi cantly, changing from university to university. In these conditions, the study of practices of each university, conducted on the basis of archival sources, makes it possible to clarify a rather opaque scheme of fi nancing of Russian privatdozentur. Recognising the fi nancial issue as a key factor in the existence and development of any educational organisation, we examine the reasons for the survival of the institution of privatdozentur under the circumstances of extremely low levels of funding from the state and universities; the situation was further complicated by instability and lack of fi nancial guarantees for privat-docents. As a result of comparison of the Russian model of fi nancing privatdozentur with its prototype in German universities, the conclusion has been made about the fundamental diff erence between these two systems, which points to the special position of privatdozentur in the overall picture of adapting university ideas to Russian educational practice.http://periodical.pstgu.ru/ru/pdf/article/6402Privatdozentur Ministry of Public Education universities university statute professorship fees academic funding
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Financing for Privatdocentur in Russian Imperial Universities: legislation and practice
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия ИИ. История, история Русской Православной Церкви
Privatdozentur
Ministry of Public Education
universities
university statute
professorship
fees
academic funding
title Financing for Privatdocentur in Russian Imperial Universities: legislation and practice
title_full Financing for Privatdocentur in Russian Imperial Universities: legislation and practice
title_fullStr Financing for Privatdocentur in Russian Imperial Universities: legislation and practice
title_full_unstemmed Financing for Privatdocentur in Russian Imperial Universities: legislation and practice
title_short Financing for Privatdocentur in Russian Imperial Universities: legislation and practice
title_sort financing for privatdocentur in russian imperial universities legislation and practice
topic Privatdozentur
Ministry of Public Education
universities
university statute
professorship
fees
academic funding
url http://periodical.pstgu.ru/ru/pdf/article/6402
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