ORGANIZATIONAL AND STRUCTURAL MECHANISM OF ADAPTATION OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS TO THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PRACTICE-ORIENTED EDUCATION IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

The article is devoted the solution of the problem of the convergence of academic master programs with the practice-oriented approach to the education in public administration broadly discussed in the professional community. In this work we propose organizational and structural mechanism of adaptation of academic programs to the objectives of the practice-oriented education in Public Administration considering the specific of the object of the specialist, demanding interdisciplinary approach to the solution of the governance problems. The article presents the practice of such adaptation of the master’s program in the Public Administration department in RUDN university. The authors describe the structure, validate the necessity of the presented organizational and methodic approach and the perspectives of the development of the master’s program realized with the use of such organizational and structural mechanism.