A conceptual approach to forming and developing human capital in higher education institutions

The most important component of national human capital reproduction is the higher education system, which has undergone radical reorganization over the past twenty years. The most acute issues have been highlighted, and the current trends in the higher education system development in modern conditions have been outlined. It has been suggested that the quality of human capital of scientific and pedagogical workers determines the labor resources quality of a country.   The purpose of the study is an attempt to formulate a concept of a comprehensive approach to forming and developing human capital in higher education professors based on the analysis of existing theoretical and methodological approaches, scientific publications, comparative analysis of diverse information, as well as the current state of human resources potential of higher education institutions.   Based on the formulated goal, the research tasks have been solved, including the study of theoretical and methodological basis, identificating key features of forming and developing human capital in higher education institutions, creating a mechanism of its formation and development, and determining indicators and indicators of the effectiveness of the current system. The authors’ mechanism of forming and developing human capital in higher education institutions has been proposed. Attention has been emphasized on the importance of ecosystem interaction for intellectual core development. The factors that increase or decrease human capital productivity have been highlighted.