THE IMPACT OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON INNOVATIVE AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF TERRITORIES

Modern transformations of social development directed to post-industrial development actualize the issue of ensuring intellectual and innovative development of territories, in which higher education plays a dominant role, acting as the basis for formation of intellectual potential and innovations. The purpose of the study is to identify the impact of the higher education system on intellectual and innovative development of territories. Methodological basis of the study is substantiated, which is the systemic and human-centered approach to identifying the impact of the higher education system on the intellectual and innovative development of territories, which do not contradict each other, but complement each other and provide an opportunity to focus on formation of necessary professional social and innovative competencies and intellectual and innovative development of territories at the same time. The nature of the ipact actualization of higher education in formation of professional social and innovatively oriented competencies in students at universities to ensure innovative and intellectual development is determined, which include post-industrial transformation and humanization of socio-economic systems, reforming the institutional and legal field of national economic systems whicle considering current environmental and natural threats, intensification of competitive interactions, acceleration of global change processes. Urgency of using interactive learning methods and project activities as principles of forming socially and innovatively oriented competencies is substantiated. competencies in universities by training future specialists. Urgency of higher education and universities in intellectual and innovative development of territories has been determined.