eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Educational Research 2327-6150 2013-11-02 1 11 472 476 10.12691/education-1-11-3 EDUCATION20131113 article Olena Yershova boston97@mail.ru 1 Anna Gordiichuk 2 Department of Foreign Languages, Kyiv National University for Technologies and Design, Cherkasy, Ukraine Department of Foreign Languages, Bohdan Khmelnytskyy National University, Cherkasy, Ukraine The paper focuses on the issue of university autonomy as a leverage of enhancing the quality of Ukrainian higher education, namely, how to effectively apply and appropriately adapt in Ukrainian universities international experience in the field of university autonomy. The authors trace the main tendencies in university autonomy from historical vantage point; identify the probable autonomy models for Ukraine with respect to its national identity, mentality and historical legacy; highlight the autonomous curriculum development as one of the vital aspects in the process. http://pubs.sciepub.com/education/1/11/3/education-1-11-3.pdf statecraft factorborderline culturenational identitymentalityuniversity autonomymodel