Abstract:

The study aims to identify the characteristics of the vocational orientation of young people during the period of vocational education. The object of the research is the student youth of Russia. The subject of the research is professional expectations and professional motivation of students in the process of vocational education. The research methodology involves a data survey with regression and factor estimation of variables as the next stage of monitoring conducted by the author since 2011. The purpose of the study is to identify the degree of impact of the university on the process of vocational guidance, vocational choice and professional motivation of students. The initial hypothesis of the project is the research data obtained from previous years, which showed that the university as an agent of socialization influences the students' professional value settings that are considered to be extremely small, and that the dominant institution of influence is the family and the inner circle. The results obtained are of practical importance in terms of the development strategy of educational and social programs of the system of higher professional education in Russia.

Keywords:

Student youth, socio-economic portrait of student values, institutional space, university, state policy of the formation of the workforce.