EDUCATIONAL SERVICES: BASIC THEORETICAL APPROACHES

The article presents the results of empirical research on the main theoretical approaches to the concept of educational services. It is determined that the concept of educational services in the system of higher education has certain features in terms of interpretation and adaptation of accordingly defined goals, functions and approaches. After all, educational services have an economic, social and cultural component. Therefore, we can conclude about the complex nature of educational services, namely: as a symbiosis of public and personal well-being. The specifics of educational services are also determined, including the impossibility of demonstrating educational services; inability to allocate educational services; ability to change; storage is impossible; lack of sole ownership; long performance; receiving deferred benefits.