Contemporary Economic Aspects of Education Quality Management at the University

Today, the quality of higher education is one of the most important problems of social development and scientific and technological progress. The importance of improving the quality of higher education is attributed primarily to the requirements of innovative economy based on knowledge and needs of an individual and of society for enhancing the state's competitiveness and quality of life. A high rate of expansion of higher education and the need to ensure its quality are associated with increased expenditures on education both by the state and by business and consumers of educational services, which determines the economic importance of quality management in educational organizations. In the paper, the categories of Economics of the University quality are revealed and the concept of economic quality management in the University is formulated, a model of education quality management in TQM environment is presented.