About the book: 2022 / The discussion about the fate of academic institutions in the modern world concerns not only issues of science and education, but also the change of elites and the generation gap, freedom and critical thinking. In his book, written in a prison cell, Sergei Zuev reflects on the utopian project of an ideal University. What constitutes its ontological basis? What traditional concepts need to be reconsidered in today's conversation about the University? How does this project relate to current social reality? The book simultaneously summarizes the author’s experience as the chief administrator of one of the country’s best universities and outlines the space of problems and prospects for academic reforms. Sergey Eduardovich Zuev – rector of the Moscow Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences (MSHSEN, “Shaninka”), professor, candidate of art history.