"PROFESSORIAL UNEMPLOYMENT" AS A NEW SOCIO-ECONOMIC PHENOMENON IN MODERN RUSSIA

The article analyses professional labor market of Russian universities' faculty in the conditions of modernization of higher education. A sharp reduction in the number of jobs in higher education has led to a significant tightening of competition at the professional labor market and the emergence of the category of unemployed teachers. Although the "Professorial unemployment" has not yet received the status of recognized social and economic phenomenon, official statistics and results of sociological studies highlight the significant negative trends in the professional labor market of university teachers. The article assesses the scale of the problem in modern conditions, as well as he essence and reasons of unemployment of University teachers and identifies the factors that increase the risk of loss of teachers in different categories. Scientifically sound and comprehensive assessment of the socio-economic impact of the reform of the personnel sphere of the universities is impossible due to the lack of the necessary amount of empirical information. But nevertheless negative dynamics of structural and qualitative characteristics of the teaching staff of universities in terms of large-scale reductions in the number of employees is obvious. The vulnerability of the position of teachers in the professional labor market is largely due to the lack of effective mechanisms allowing them to fight for their rights while risking their jobs. In this context, the development of proposals to reduce unemployment and stabilize the professional labor market of University teachers is of particular importance.