The forced shift to remote learning in universities in March 2020 raised the complex issues of organizing lifelong learning for students, conducting academic assessments and maintaining the stability of the educational institution in general for educational systems of all countries of the world. This paper examines peculiarities and general problems of distance learning in the higher education system. It is based on the materials of the sociological survey “Opinions of Russian universities’ students on the forced distance learning”, conducted in May-June 2020. 31,423 university students in all federal subjects of Russia were interviewed. Analysis of research data covers the following areas: organizational problems of transition to distance learning; resources used, organization of lectures and seminars, assessment of the positive and negative aspects of distance learning; perspectives, limitations and trajectories of distance learning implementation in Russian universities.The article also provides comparative data on the analysis of the issues of distant learning of Russian and foreign researchers. The authors propose future-oriented measures for organizing distance learning in universities in the case of the introduction of quarantine restrictions, consider possible forms of combining distance and full-time education, the prospects for the introduction of digital technologies in the organization of training in universities.

The article deals with an analytical description of problems caused by integration of foreign learning platforms into the Russian education system.  It provides the main results and conclusions reached within the frame of the  fundamental quantitative research project. The project goals were the  following: to study Russian experience in using learning platforms, foreign  ones in particular; to study abundance of foreign learning platforms; to  reveal and specify typical risks caused by their functioning in Russian  education sphere. The authors analyze statistical information obtained  through processing the data of survey of experts in online education. They  consider colligated opinions and assessments by professional community of  integration and application of foreign learning platforms, online courses  arrangement on them and the complex of those potential threats for Russian  education that could be caused by their use. The work notes that learning  platforms are an innovative form of education activities management, but  their integration in the national system of education is connected with a  number of risks. The article gives a contemporary review of learning  platforms in the Russian educational field in terms of their nominal  recognition, their real demand for by the experts in online education and their long-term benefits for national education. The principal criteria for  the choice of learning platforms usage in education are stated and  summarized on the basis of the empirical data. The study contains a  description of a complex of main tasks for Russian education; in the professional environment their successful solving is linked to the shift to  online education technology. Within the frame of forecasting and evaluation  of risks in education there have been defined some threats which are typical  for both domestic and foreign learning platforms as well as those which are  specific for the latter ones. Risks interpretation is based on theoretical  preliminary studies and experts’ survey data related to the subject. The  categorical range of risks obtained includes content risks, social, economic  and political risks, psychological and pedagogical risks, management risks. The authors raise the problem of regulation of foreign learning  platforms integration into the Russian education system. The work contains  the arguments for and against control in this sphere.

Introduction. The relevance of the research is accounted by the need to analyse the educational transition of youth from secondary schools to the tertiary education system and to develop a set of measures to encourage the majority of young people to stay in the region of residence and to aim at obtaining skills demanded by the local and regional labour market.The aim of the present research is to identify the educational plans of school graduates and the peculiarities of young people entering into a region’s higher education system. As indicators, the authors consider the availability of education and young people migration at the stage of transition from secondary education to higher education.The problematic situation consists in youth migration from the regions of residence to continue education in major university centers. It leads to a systemic change in the regions’ demographic situation and to the outflow of the most capable regional school leavers.Materials and research methods. The article is based on the data of the sociological study “Comprehensive Analysis of the Education System of the Kemerovo Region” conducted by the authors. A specially developed questionnaire using Google Forms platform was employed to interview the school graduates (787 ninth graders, 338 eleventh graders) and their parents (520 people). The survey covered 18 schools located in all types of settlements. At the stage of data analysis in the SPSS 25 functional environment, primary data were processed and the results were presented using descriptive statistics methods; an in-depth analysis of empirical information was carried out using multidimensional methods of analytical statistics, including the Pearson’s χ2 significance test, the procedures of factor, correlation and regression analysis (p < 0.001).Research results and scientific novelty. Long-range plans of secondary school graduates in the industrial region of Russia were identified; the motives in favour of their choice were studied; and the factors influencing this choice were revealed. As possible measures to overcome the outflow of young people from the regions, the authors propose to consider targeted training, the work with talented youth, the organisation of interaction at the level of “employer – school – university”, the various forms of network interaction of universities, as well as the modern forms of attracting students to the comfortable educational environment of the university, creating conditions not only for learning, but also for leisure, self-development, implementation of continuing education.Practical significance. The research results should be of use to specialists engaged in education studies and young people migration attitudes analysis, in labour market in Russia’s regions, to education management and regional administration officials. The research tools can be used in analysing educational migration and professional trajectories of secondary school graduates in Russia. The study is scheduled to be extended to other RF regions that are most troubled in terms of education migration, aiming to suggest possible ways to optimise this process there.