December 3, 1999
Reforms in Higher Education Disappoint Eastern Europeans
A decade after Communism's fall, observers say not enough progress has been made
When Communist rule collapsed across Eastern Europe 10 years ago, academics in the region lost no time in replacing their institutions' elected deans and rectors with reform-minded colleagues. Courses in Marxism-Leninism and "scientific atheism" were discarded, and ideological restrictions on teaching and research were lifted.
Within months, almost all of the countries in Eastern Europe passed laws
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