The article considers students' satisfaction with interactive forms of training with elements of gamification. Based on the empirical study, the level of students’ satisfaction with interactive forms of training with elements of gamification has been measured. The study has been conducted at 6 educational organizations that carry out educational activities on educational programs of higher education – bachelor, specialist and master degree programs. A set of sociological methods has been used in the study: a questionnaire survey of students, an expert survey of teachers working at higher education institutions, an analysis of documents; content analysis; a method of mathematical data processing (correlation analysis, using the software package SPSS Statistics 23). Based on the analysis of the scientific literature and the results of the sociological research conducted, it has been established that the students are more satisfied with the quality of interactive sessions with elements of gamification (57.01%) than with the quality of training by traditional methods (23.36%) and the quality of the content of classes conducted by traditional methods (19.63%). It has been revealed that the use of interactive forms of training with elements of gamification is the most effective: to increase the effectiveness of mastering the training material (20%); for decision-making (17.33%); to heighten interest in learning (15.33%). The closeness of the views of students and teachers on the assessment of interactive forms of training with elements of gamification and assessment of classes conducted by traditional methods has been determined by means of Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. The obtained data of the correlation analysis have shown a rather high level of correlation and indicated the closeness of the views of students and teachers on the phenomena studied.

The article analyses the relative position of the Russian teachers from higher education institutions in professional labor market in transition. The specificity of teachers' situation in the labor market is revealed in conditions of shift from administrative command system to market relations. There are some distinguished factors that increase the risk of job loss by teachers of different categories. The characteristics of main forms and types of "professorate" unemployment in modern stage are discussed. Based on the results of sociological survey, the relation of teachers to the market economy is analyzed and an attempt is made to find out the way which can stabilize teachers' professional position at the time when new educational policies are being implemented in order to optimize the field of higher education.

The article is dedicated to topical questions of Russian education modernisation from the point of view of the conflict of scientific interests and educational staff of higher school, namely the analysis of adaptation strategies of lecturers in the conditions of modernisation of higher education. Main transformation trends of Russian higher school have been singled out and their influence on the position of lecturers has been revealed. Basing on the results of opinion poll, dynamics of conditions, content and character of teachers' activity has been revealed. We have also identified important behaviour strategies of teachers on the professional labour market in the conditions of significant intensification of competition and real risk of losing their jobs. Significance of academic degrees in the system of strategic guidelines of the faculty community has been studied. Most high-demand technologies of self-marketing have been identified, and their use allows increasing competitive advantage of teachers and strengthens their positions in the professional field in the modern period.

This paper gives an assessment of the social and motivational value of scientific degrees of Russian university teachers. The author analyzes the historical experience and current trends in the transformation of the system of degrees. The paper shows the dynamics and structural characteristics of teachers with different professional and qualification status in the context of modernization of higher education. An assessment of salary level according to scientific degree is given. Based on the results of a sociological survey, behavior strategies in respect of earning a degree of candidate and doctor of sciences are identified. The principal status advantages of degree holders are described. Reasons for the discredit of the Russian system of scientific degrees are identified.

The article examines the nature of the impact of social control on the effectiveness of the youth personnel policy through studying the nature of awareness of employees about the changes in the organization and satisfaction with the system of involving young people in social control under the corporate governance, and the development and the implementation of effective youth policy. The study was conducted using a set of sociological methods: questionnaire survey, using the Google Forms online service and the SPSS Statistics software package 23 with the aim of constructing a regression model; analysis of documents; expert survey. Based on the results of the conducted empirical research, it was turned out that social control has a complex and direct effect on the effectiveness of the youth personnel policy. Effective implementation of the youth personnel policy in the system of managing organizations in the context of social control is possible only in case of their full awareness of all the elements of the youth personnel policy. The main conditions of the implementation of the youth personnel policy are: an effective system of informing the personnel about the changes occurring in the organization; involvement of young people in active participation in social control under the corporate governance, and the development and implementation of effective youth policy. The results of the regression analysis made it possible to determine how much the change of the satisfaction of young specialists involved into the system of attracting young people to active participation in the vital activity of the state affects the level of their satisfaction with the system of attracting young people to active participation in social control and the life of the organization. With the aid of the regression model, it can be proposed a variant of forecasting growth or reducing the level of citizens' satisfaction with the system of attracting young people to active participation in social control and the life of the organization under the system changes of attracting young people to active participation in the vital activity of the state.