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A Proposed Assessment Method for Image of Regional Educational Institutions

Kataeva Natalya1, Berezina Ekaterina1 and Sysolyatin Alexey1
  • 1 Vyatka State University, Russia

Abstract

Market of educational services in the current Russian economic conditions is a complex of a huge variety of educational institutions. Market of educational services is already experiencing a significant influence of the demographic situation in Russia. This means that higher education institutions are forced to fight in a tough competition for high school students. Increased competition in the educational market forces universities to find new methods of non-price competition in attraction of potential students and throughout own educational and economic activities. Commercialization of education places universities in a single plane with commercial companies who study a positive perception of the image and reputation as a competitive advantage, which is quite acceptable for use in strategic and current activities of higher education institutions to ensure the competitiveness of educational services and educational institution in whole. Nevertheless, due to lack of evidence-based proposals in this area there is a need for scientific research in terms of justification of organizational and methodological aspects of image use as a factor in the competitiveness of the higher education institution. Theoretically and practically there are different methods and ways of evaluating the company's image. The article provides a comparative assessment of the existing valuation methods of corporate image and the author’s method of estimating the image of higher education institutions based on the key influencing factors. The method has been tested on the Vyatka State Agricultural Academy (Russia). The results also indicate the strengths and weaknesses of the institution, highlights ways of improving and adjusts the efforts for image improvement.

American Journal of Applied Sciences
Volume 15 No. 3, 2018, 174-181

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2018.174.181

Submitted On: 24 August 2016 Published On: 12 April 2017

How to Cite: Natalya, K., Ekaterina, B. & Alexey, S. (2018). A Proposed Assessment Method for Image of Regional Educational Institutions. American Journal of Applied Sciences, 15(3), 174-181. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2018.174.181

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Keywords

  • Image
  • Education
  • Marketing
  • Competitiveness
  • Educational Services
  • Educational Institutions