Kuzmin V. Orphan socialization in Ukrainian higher education: sociоtechnological aspect

Revealed the features of socialization processes which occur to orphan-students; also persons from among them, students whose parents died during their studies at university. They were characterized as representatives of specific social community at the university; the main agents of socialization were defined, the practices of legislation application of social support for orphan-students in Ukraine were analyzed, the social diagnostic of the features of orphans socialization in local universities were performed. The comprehensive model of socialization and social support for orphan-students in higher educational institutions was developed, and recommendations for improving the efficiency of orphans socialization were given.