Current challenges of higher education in Ukraine

T. Sokol, L. Melko

A number of challenges that the system of higher tourism education in Ukraine is facing at this stage of its development is considered in the article. The objective of this article is to analyse some current challenges of higher tourism education in Ukraine. The methods used include the following, namely the study and generalization of literature and sources on the topic, the method of extrapolation, comparison, analysis of practical issues of the educational process, reflection on the author's own pedagogical experience. Problems of digitalization of educational processes, organization of distance learning, changes in teaching methods and criteria for monitoring students' knowledge, outflow of Ukrainian applicants to foreign vocational educational establishments have been formed in recent decades and exacerbated in the current conditions of global pandemic and full-scale war in Ukraine. The conclusions of the publications suggest possible ways to solve these problems, including further improvement of teaching methods and criteria for monitoring students' knowledge in distance learning, improving the quality of Ukrainian scientific school in tourism, using a double degree system, etc.

Keywords: digitalization of higher education; distance learning; advantages; disadvantages; differentiated approach; double degree system.