METHODOLOGICAL PROVISIONS FOR ASSESSING THE LEVEL OF ECONOMIC SECURITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

Introduction. The relevance of the research topic is determined by the fact that in the context of military aggression and the socio-economic, political, demographic and other consequences caused by it, Ukraine faces the task of developing a mechanism to prevent and counteract numerous threats in order to preserve economic independence, territorial integrity, social guarantees, population and human capital. The higher education system, which for a long time belonged to the group of the most stable and resilient socio-economic systems, has in recent years been affected by a number of destabilising factors in the external environment, among which the most significant were COVID-19 and military aggression by Russia. This has actualised the task of studying the economic security of higher education as a system that is dynamically developing under the influence of many factors of the internal and external environment, in order to develop methodological principles and methods for assessing the level of economic security of individual higher education institutions as elements of this system. This can become the basis for the development of a higher education management system in the context of ensuring its economic security and competitiveness. The purpose of the article is to develop methodological provisions and methods for assessing the level of economic security of higher education institutions. Methods and approaches used in this work: systemic, situational and process approaches, method of analysis and statistical data processing, expert, integrated and mixed methods. Results. Based on the results of the study, methodological provisions have been developed and the system of principles and tools for assessing the economic security of higher education institutions has been improved. The practical value of the study lies in the development of a methodological approach to assessing the level of economic security of a higher education institution by stages. Prospects. Further research is planned to be devoted to improving the system of indicators of economic security of higher education institutions with details on the components of its implementation.