Izabela Wagner, Institute of Sociology, University of Warsaw Poland just like several other countries has been touched by dynamic changes in Higher Education (HE). These changes are a consequence of factors that are both external (globalization and EU politics) and internal (transformation post-1989 and demography). Following a global tendency, the increase of access to University [...]

 Anna Szołucha, Graduate School for Social Research, Polish Academy of Sciences and the National University of Ireland, Maynooth              “More rights for students, new opportunities for young and talented scholars, a tighter relationship of university with business enterprise and world-class science” – this is how the Polish Minister for Science and Higher Education promotes the [...]

 By Janusz Mucha, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow There are many faces of the current crisis of academic systems. There are many points of view on the social functions of research and higher education. It is not possible to cover here all of these faces, aspects and points of view even in one [...]