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The author uses the example of two of the regional Russian universities to describe the processes of transformation of the organizational structure and management system in the modern university in a reforming university system. The analysis of the current situation has shown that the status of a national research university leads, on one hand, to an increase in funding and a qualitative leap in the development of the university, on the other, to a sharp narrowing of the space of the university democracy and the weakening of the influence of the professors’ community. It is concluded that the presence of these trends is a concern in the professor environment, and their continuation would lead, eventually, to the fall in the quality of education. It is concluded that the fight with the trends of narrowing of the inter-university democracy and the weakening of the influence of professors is possible mainly by the maximum diversification of sources (primarily financial) for development of universities, primarily due to an active search for private investors. It can be the money of alumni association or large companies interested in long-term cooperation with the university. The notable growth of such revenues will inevitably lead to increased influence of those same boards of trustees as parallel bodies, if not routine (operational) management of the university, but the definition of strategic objectives and the sources of its development, which, at the impressive volumes of parallel financing (here we talk about public universities), it can act on an equal footing with both the university and the state bureaucracy.