Educational work is becoming a key area of the school’s activities. Parents, as participants in educational relations, are called upon to help the school in the implementation of its functions, to act as a partner in the development and organization of educational activities and programs.

The purpose of the article is to analyze the participation of parents in the management of educational work at school. To achieve this goal, the following activities were carried out: 1) a mass survey of parents of schoolchildren in the Sverdlovsk region (April 2024, n=14,873 people); 2) content analysis of protocols of parent meetings in schools in the Sverdlovsk region (n=467).

It is shown that parents positively assess the existing educational practices in modern schools and are interested in obtaining complete information about it. Most parents consider it necessary for the existence and functioning of parent associations in schools (parents’ council, supervisory board, board of trustees). Some parents are ready to take initiatives and actively engage in school management practices (including educational work). However, school leaders and teachers are not fully prepared for such interaction. The novelty of the research lies in a comprehensive (subjective- objective) analysis of parents’ participation in educational work at school: a mass survey of parents and a content analysis of the protocols of parent meetings.

Human capital in the information society is a significant indicator of personal development. Human capital is a value that includes competencies, knowledge, abilities, skills, education, etc. By investing in human capital, a person invests in his own successful future and self-realization. The most effective method of replenishing human capital in the information society is self-education.

The aim of the work is to study self-education as a resource for the formation of modern human capital.

The article analyzes the works on the human capital of the population by G. Becker, T. Schulz, P. Bourdieu, J. Coleman, and also analyzes theoretical materials that consider the resource approach — the works of T. I. Zaslavskaya, N. E. Tikhonova and N. M. Davydova, V. A. Yadov.

Self-education is considered through the prism of the resource approach. It is substantiated that self-education is an innovative resource for the formation of an individual's human capital. The components of human capital are updated and formulated. Digital literacy is included among the relevant components, and arguments in favor of this inclusion are also given. The author's definition of self-education is given from the point of view of the resource approach, with clarification of the role of the subject and analysis of the process of acquiring and improving knowledge, skills and abilities both with the help of educational organizations and without them. It is indicated with the help of which types and practices of self-education the process of replenishing human capital can be optimized.

The involvement of students in the activities of public and state associations is an important task of the state youth policy. However, in modern conditions of individualization and atomization of society, it is difficult to form the interest of young people in participating in the activities of public organizations. The positions and actions of various subjects of educational relations serve as a resource for activating such interest and social activity of the younger generation. Among them are teachers and administrators of educational organizations, regional education authorities, and parents of students.

The purpose of the article is to examine the activities of key actors in Russian education to involve schoolchildren and students of educational institutions in the Movement of the First.

The empirical basis of the article is the results of a sociological study «Activation of the participation of students of the Sverdlovsk region in the public-state organization “Movement of the First”», conducted in February–May 2024.

Data analysis shows that teachers, as well as classroom teachers (curators), play a key role in informing schoolchildren and students about the Movement of the First. Parenting directors’ advisers and parents play a much smaller role in informing. The executive authorities do not influence the decision of students to join the Movement of the First, but their support is necessary for teachers and curators.

The novelty of the study lies in the fact that for the first time, the interest of students from one of the subjects of the Russian Federation in a leading public and state organization was measured and the reasons for its lack of formation and instability were determined. In addition, for the first time, the role of the four actors of education in enhancing youth participation in the Movement of the First, the conditions and opportunities for realizing the potential of their influence on the interest of schoolchildren and students is revealed.

The practical significance of the study is related to the possibility of using the obtained sociological data to develop practical recommendations to the governing bodies of the Movement of the First, in particular, to create a Roadmap for involving students of the Sverdlovsk region in the Movement of the First.

One of the priorities of actual state social policy is the preservation and the strengthening of the health of the population, which is supported by the adoption of a whole of regulatory documents, in which the task of preserving and strengthening the health of young people is defined as a priority. However, despite the increased attention of the State and society to this problem, there is a deterioration in the health of the population in general and young people, in particular. Based on the results of both secondary sociological studies and our own empirical material, the article analyses the interpretations of a healthy lifestyle, which is considered from the standpoint of biomedical, value-based, and activity approaches.

The article examined the ideas and concepts of the classics of sociological thought (H. Spencer, M. Weber, E. Durkheim, G. Simmel, E. Giddens, etc.) about the physical education of the individual in general and a healthy lifestyle in particular, which remain relevant for modern sociological knowledge.

The article analyzes and reveals modern culture, its influence on the worldview and values of youth. As experience shows, culture orients people to certain behavioral standards, creates incentives and motives for their actions, actions that are considered normal, natural, and correct in this social community. In this regard, the authors conducted a sociological survey among students in order to study the opinion of young people about modern culture. As a result, it was determined that social networks, the Internet and new technologies play an important role in the dissemination of modern culture, that culture influences the future of society and the student environment through the development and promotion of new ideas and innovations. Students consider it necessary to take part in various events that form a sense of civic engagement and pride in their country, its history and culture. The authors highlight and emphasize that the changing cultural reality determines new parameters of the life path of a new generation every time. The value attitude of modern Russian youth to culture changes significantly under the influence of their life situations, therefore it is necessary to ensure the connection of the value attitude to culture with the changing meaning-life orientations of young people.

Introduction. The relevance of the research of scientific schools in universities of the country as a whole and the Ural Federal District (UFD in particular) has been felt in recent years due to the increasing role and importance of their role in the development and use of the university scientific space. It is not very clear how this space can be developed and used. Scientists themselves and representatives of the university science management system are showing increased interest in this problem due to the intensification of the activities of scientific schools. The object of the research in the article is the scientific schools of the universities of the UFD. The subject of the study is the characteristics of university scientific schools and the possibility of their transformation into a leading subject of university scientific activity.

The purpose of the study is to analyze the possibilities and problems of the development of the institute of scientific schools in the universities of the UFD and their transformation into a leading subject of their scientific activity.

Results and academic novelty. The characteristics of the scientific school at the university are given. The history and methodology of research of university scientific schools are considered. The main subjects of university scientific activity are identified, the correlation of the role and importance of the scientific school and other subjects of scientific activity is shown. The possibilities of turning a scientific school into a leading subject of scientific activity at a university are determined. The scientific novelty of the research consists in the fact that for the first time the possibility of establishing a scientific school in a university as a leading subject of scientific activity has been posed and justified, and ways to solve this problem have been shown.

At present Russia’s economy is currently undergoing a transformation period associated with a number of external and internal trends. External issues include increasing the competitiveness of enterprises in the domestic and global arenas, and internal issues include innovative activities of all economic entities. The sphere of higher education has not remained on the sidelines either. Today, it is in search of an optimal model, having survived the rejection of Soviet education, joining and leaving the Bologna system, as well as the transition to a new system. Despite the state’s attempts to modernize this sphere, domestic researchers have found that the demand for higher education has been falling over the past 15 years.

The aim of the study: identifying the reasons for the decline in the value of higher education in modern society is due to the relevance of the study. The authors conducted a comparative analysis based on statistical data.

The methodological basis of the study was the approach of modern sociologists Ronald Inglehart and Christian Welzel, who adhere to the theory of value shift. The practical significance of the work lies in the comprehension of the problem of declining value of higher education, which has not only theoretical but also practical significance for the formation of correct policy of Russian universities, as well as for the formation of complexes of measures to attract students and promote higher education in society for the correct perception of Russian society of the value of higher education, its actual and professional preferences, the adaptation of citizens to society, as well as the readiness to work and competitiveness of the society.

The category of «corporate culture» today is rightfully considered interdisciplinary, and the phenomenon itself is actively studied by domestic and foreign scientists. Until the mid-20th century, corporate culture was the focus of attention of researchers who focused exclusively on economic organizations and empirically proved a direct correlation between economic efficiency and the dominant type of corporate culture of the organization. The focus of attention shifts at the turn of the 20th-21st centuries, the cultural-ideological and socio-economic transformation of society  gives rise to scientific interest in the study of the corporate culture of educational organizations through the prism of an anthropological approach. Modern universities are characterized by a dynamic corporate culture, the essential content of which becomes the object of pragmatic, phenomenological, semiotic, philosophical, functional approaches recognized as classical. The emergence of innovative approaches from the point of view of identifying the functional potential of corporate culture determines the need for their deeper study.

The purpose of the author’s research is to theoretically analyze and systematize methodological approaches to the study of the phenomenon of university corporate culture in the context of their evolutionary development. The methodological basis of the study is presented by general sociological methods; a retrospective analysis made it possible to identify the features of the transformation of the category “culture” as a result of changes in social formations; the cultural paradigm was formed on the basis of the dominant ideology in society and dominant group values, from the universal work culture to the academic culture of the classical university. The evolution of theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of university corporate culture is presented in the author’s interpretation as a consistent, multi-s tage process: from the prerequisites for the emergence of the first postulates of culture to the formation of alternative areas of applied research.

A generalization of theoretical positions on the classification and systematization of approaches to the study of corporate culture of a university determined the conclusion about the consistency of classical and modern approaches, a permanently growing interest in the introduction of anthropological, linguistic, commemorative approaches to the interpretation of the culture of educational organizations. Scientific novelty lies in identifying the possibilities of innovative approaches in revealing the sociocultural, heuristic potential of the corporate culture of a modern university.

The classification of approaches to the study of corporate culture developed by the author, based on the principle of complementarity, is of practical importance, allowing for a significant expansion of the possibilities for using the functionality of the culture of educational institutions.

The relevance of the study of the media space of preschool education is due to the need to identify the possibilities of its management. The media space is considered as a “territory” where the interests of subjects of preschool education (local governments, preschool organizations, parents, government and non-profit organizations) coordinate. The problem of the study lies in the fact that this media space can become conflictogenic if its subjects lack well-formed media competencies and an understanding of the “laws” of its functioning. The purpose of the article is to identify the problems of media space management in a municipality. Key issues: interpretation of the concept and structure of the media space of preschool education; characteristics of the media space of preschool education in Lysva, Perm Region; assessment of barriers to managing the media space of preschool education. The empirical basis of the article is a study conducted in 2022–2023 using methods of document analysis and semi-structured interviews. It is proposed to consider the media, Internet forums, social networks, chats of messengers, web-sites of education management and preschool institutions as elements of the media space of preschool education. The following problems of media space management are highlighted: the low level of media competence of government staff and kindergartens responsible for websites and public; inattention to the problems of preschool education in media, the concentration of interactive interaction with parents exclusively in the fragmented space of messengers. The practical significance of the study lies in the possibility of using results to develop an effective media policy in the preschool education system.

Ways to solve problems to strengthen the position of an enterprise in the market may be different. One of them is reliable and timely staffing. In this article, we will look at the institution of mentoring, time-tested and having many advantages over other HR management technologies. The purpose of the article is to analyze the development of corporate mentoring in modern Russia.

The research methodology is based on concepts that allow us to determine the institutional nature of mentoring and its fundamental functions, theories of social exchange and studies of corporate mentoring that reveal ways of professional development. To achieve this goal, methods of secondary analysis of sociological research data on the topic, a survey of employees of a large Russian enterprise (in the form of questioning and interviewing) were used.

The research made it possible to identify the main institutional characteristics of corporate mentoring, determine its content and role in the development of modern organizations; Present an analysis of mentoring strengths and implementation challenges uncover the essence of mentoring role models. Elements of scientific novelty are contained mainly in the conclusions formulated by the author about the possibilities of expanding mentoring practices in domestic corporate governance. These include:

— understanding and recognition by the management of the enterprise of the value and potential of mentoring;

— ensuring the manageability of mentoring activities, including its planning, organization and financing, the introduction of programs for the promotion and development of mentors, control and assessment of results according to the developed system of criteria.

In the era of the digital economy, “end-to-end digital technologies” are actively developing and successfully being introduced into all spheres of society, in connection with which the chosen research topic is of considerable interestnot only for economic sciences, but also for related branches of knowledge: history, sociology, political science, etc. The relevance of the work is caused by the need for public administration to improve the healthcare system in the era of digitalization. In the course of the study, a wide range of scientific sources of Russian authors devoted to the problems of digitalization of the healthcare sector was studied. In order to identify the tasks of digital transformation of healthcare, various approaches and the point of view of scientists from branch sciences (economics, sociologists, philosophy, etc.) were analyzed. Special attention was paid to intersectoral theoretical research on this problem. The article analyzes the legal environment in the field of digitalization of the Russian healthcare system. The main systems, applications and services of the digital medical architecture have been studied. The main companies developing modern digital assistants in the provision of medical care are presented. Close attention is paid to the development of regional health information systems. The results of the study are of theoretical importance, since they allow us to look at the problem of digitalization of healthcare from a new angle, deepen scientific ideas and give a new impetus to the continuation of scientific research on this issue.

Artificial intelligence is one of the fastest growing sets of technologies, and its impact on modern society is becoming increasingly clear. If previously artificial intelligence was used mainly in mathematical and engineering fields of science, now artificial intelligence technologies are already being used in key areas of public life, and in the future the practice of using artificial intelligence will expand. Due to the dynamic spread of artificial intelligence, its impact on the possible transformation of the digital divide becomes relevant. The authors made an attempt to analyze possible directions for the transformation of digital divide under the influence of artificial intelligence. Using the concept of three levels of digital divide, the authors come to the conclusion that artificial intelligence can have both a positive impact on leveling the digital divide (in terms of analyzing the need for the creation and predictive maintenance of information infrastructure, a personalized approach to learning and increasing motivation to use digital technologies), and negative impact (in terms of limiting access to artificial intelligence technologies and increasing the economic gap between organizations using digital technologies). The authors suggested that the widespread use of artificial intelligence technologies can create a new level of digital inequality, expressed in a new way of quantifying society and possible discrimination of human rights

The article examines one of the determinants of everyday corruption in modern Russian society — the conscious readiness of citizens to participate in corrupt practices. The main theoretical approaches traditionally used in considering this problem in domestic and foreign scientific literature are analyzed. Taking into account the ambiguous results of the fight against everyday corruption in modern society, the article aims to apply another approach to the study of this determinant of this negative phenomenon, which is based on the theory of structuring by the famous English sociologist E. Giddens. To analyze the results of the empirical sociological study of everyday corruption in the Sverdlovsk region obtained by the authors, the stratification model of the agent developed by E. Giddens was tested. A conclusion is made about the possibility of changing for the positive one of the components of the consciousness of ordinary citizens potentially ready to participate in corrupt practices — theoretical consciousness, which can help in the formation of anti-corruption attitudes among the population.

The article is dedicated to a comparative analysis of factors of marriage choice of generations X and Z, reveals the characteristics of the factors of marriage choice of generations X and Z. Article offers a questionnaire for those entering into marriage. The introduction indicates the relevance of the selected topic. The study of factors of marriage choice was conducted in Ivanovo in May 2024 using the method of formalized and informal interviews (an informal interview was used as a pilot research method). The sample size was 204 people. The object of the study were residents of the city of Ivanovo of generations X (1965–80) and Z (1997–2007). The subject of the study was the factors of marriage choice of residents of Ivanovo. The aim of the study: to study the factors of marriage choice of generations X (1965–80) and Z (1997–2007) using the example of residents of the city of Ivanovo. The results of the study are presented in this article.