Relevance of the study lies in the fact that modern higher education in the Russian Federation are increasingly approaching the critical state – despite attempts to reform and use of successful foreign practices, our country is still lagging behind in the role. The aim of the article is the formation on the events that occurred in the country over the past two decades, the conclusion that Russia is characterized by unpredictable "rules of the game" and, as a consequence, the future unpredictable. The leading method of research is the modelling method, Indication, and prognostic methods. Identified prospects that Russian society is developing in a legalized falsification of higher education is reflected in the media and formally legalized the issuance of diplomas of higher education to persons not mastered the full competencies, required not only educational standards, but also the labor market. The significance of the results obtained might be expressed as follows: Indicators of Education falsification are "custom-made" evaluation and qualification works of students. Plagiarism, rough compilation when writing papers, the active use of cribs in the control of knowledge of students is a systemic phenomenon in the modern high school, that is, in fact, the falsification of knowledge. Thus, in today's society formed the "cult of the diploma" the presence of higher education, and not the real competence, with the help of which the professional career and the life of a citizen in a civilized world.

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