Abstract

In the article the author considers the main innovation of the new law «On Higher Education» and autonomy of universities. The author analyzes the main positives and benefits of this innovation and the experience of Western universities and justifies position on the need for radical change in management, developing new standards, plans and etc. Thus, at the first place of the list there are innovations related to changes in management. They, in turn, also form a hierarchy, where on the top there are educational policy proposals, and on the lowest stage are personnel changes in the management of an institution. The successful implementation of decentralization reforms or significant implications requires strong and durable and contemporary models of rational planning and implementation. In this sense, the author assesses the likely hazards and Ukrainian autonomy of Higher Education, the trends, which are the prospects for the unsuccessful implementation and have negative social consequences. Proving the idea that the first means of preventing negative tendencies is a gradual balance and account crisis of socio­economic situation in Ukraine, the author also emphasizes that efforts in this direction requires, above all, political support, because of such conversion should be wide access to the constant monitoring of the situation, statistical data on the state and trends of changes in higher education of the country.