@article{MAKHILLJEAS2019141718271,
    title = {The Idea of Scientific Elite and the Mission of the University},
    journal = {Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences},
    volume = {14},
    number = {17},
    pages = {6202-6207},
    year = {2019},
    issn = {1816-949x},
    doi = {jeasci.2019.6202.6207},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1816-949x&doi=jeasci.2019.6202.6207},
    author = {Pavel,Natalia and},
    keywords = {Scientific elite,university,meritocracy,oligarchy,post–industrialism,elite education},
    abstract = {For the past four centuries there has been a marked increase in the influence of the scientific elite on
the socio-political processes, formation of ideology and the operation of the contemporary axiological system.
Science has generated the kind of elite, whose activity is responsible for the strategic development of the
humankind, providing it with reliable system of strategic security. Elite scientific communities have always been
at the forefront of social progress, conditioning both a vector and dynamics of its development. Elite has been
selected through the activities of the University as well. The study describes a problem of the influence of elite
university education on the selection process of political elites. It also provides forecast of competitive
development of meritocratic and oligarchic principles of forming the world system of elite education.}
    }