Higher education professors in Russian universities were rather pessimistic about the impact of the distant learning caused by the COVID-19 outbreak on the future of university schooling. Only 14.5 percent of survey respondents believed that the educational system would benefit from distance learning and that higher education would improve, while almost 43 percent strongly disagreed with that, stating that the quality of higher education would worsen as a consequence of the pandemic.
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Opinion of higher education professors about the impact of distance education on the quality of higher education in Russia in April 2020
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Positive impact
14.5%
Negative impact
42.7%
No impact at all
20.3%
Difficult to answer
22.5%
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The original question was worded by the source as follows:
Do you think that the current situation caused by a coronavirus infection will lead to an improvement or deterioration in the quality of higher education in Russia or will it have no impact?
* Representing around 15 percent of the total number of teaching staff of Russian universities. The purpose of the study was to determine the level of support or rejection by professors of Russian universities for the transformation of education from full-time to distance education.
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Ranepa (Russian presidential academy of national economy and public administration). (May 26, 2020). Opinion of higher education professors about the impact of distance education on the quality of higher education in Russia in April 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 13, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123662/russian-professors-on-distance-education-impact-on-quality/
Ranepa (Russian presidential academy of national economy and public administration). "Opinion of higher education professors about the impact of distance education on the quality of higher education in Russia in April 2020." Chart. May 26, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123662/russian-professors-on-distance-education-impact-on-quality/
Ranepa (Russian presidential academy of national economy and public administration). (2020). Opinion of higher education professors about the impact of distance education on the quality of higher education in Russia in April 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123662/russian-professors-on-distance-education-impact-on-quality/
Ranepa (Russian presidential academy of national economy and public administration). "Opinion of Higher Education Professors about The Impact of Distance Education on The Quality of Higher Education in Russia in April 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123662/russian-professors-on-distance-education-impact-on-quality/
Ranepa (Russian presidential academy of national economy and public administration), Opinion of higher education professors about the impact of distance education on the quality of higher education in Russia in April 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123662/russian-professors-on-distance-education-impact-on-quality/ (last visited August 13, 2025)
Opinion of higher education professors about the impact of distance education on the quality of higher education in Russia in April 2020 [Graph], Ranepa (Russian presidential academy of national economy and public administration), May 26, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123662/russian-professors-on-distance-education-impact-on-quality/
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