Features of Legal Regulation of the Mentoring Institution in Higher Education Institutions (Case Study of the Vologda Institute of Law and Economics of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia)
Batova O.S. Features of legal regulation of the mentoring institution in higher education institutions (case study of the Vologda Institute of Law and Economics of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia). Penitentiary Science, 2025, vol. 19, no. 4 (72), pp. 433–440. doi 10.46741/2686-9764.2025.72.4.011.
the article is devoted to the study of the mentoring institution in the higher education
system in its regulatory and law enforcement aspects, analyzes legal foundations of mentoring
in higher education institutions, taking into account provisions of the Concept for Mentoring Development
in the Russian Federation for the Period up to 2030. The concepts of “mentor”, “teacher”,
and “direct supervisor” are defined and distinguished, and the principles of mentoring are analyzed.
Key forms and types of mentoring activities used in the higher education system are highlighted.
Using the example of the Vologda Institute of Law and Economics of the Federal Penitentiary Service,
the article defines a system of mentoring types used in higher education institutions: scientific
mentoring, academic mentoring, young teacher school, student research society, study club at the
department, and study group curator. The article highlights the value of the mentoring institution
for both the mentor and the mentee. Purpose: based on the conducted theoretical and empirical
research, to prove the necessity to adopt a special local regulatory act at the level of a higher education
institution that defines the forms and types of mentoring as a socio-pedagogical technology for
supporting personal and professional development of students and formation of traditional Russian
spiritual and moral values. Methods: generalization, analysis, including comparative analysis, systematization,
and forecasting. Conclusions: the article defines the system of legal acts that regulate
key forms and types of mentoring in the higher education system, reveals their specific features,
and identifies specific features of local acts on mentoring that establish the technologies and methods
used, depending on the way and period of interaction. The article also identifies the need for
a unified act on mentoring at the university level, which defines the content, principles, forms, and
types of mentoring, as well as a system of material and non-material incentives.
Keywords: mentoring; mentor; mentoring development concept; mentee; educational organization; higher education; local regulatory act.
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