Why Top Students Can’t Get Free Tuition: How Special Quotas Are Disrupting Russian Higher Education
Russia’s higher education admission system faces severe structural pressure as newly implemented state privileges for military participants collide with traditional merit-based entrance pathways, according to reports by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Applicants who achieve top scores on the Unified State Examination—known locally as the ЕГЭ—find themselves squeezed out of state-funded university slots despite earning maximum … Read more