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Reports that Poland has adopted tougher restrictions on the use of animals in experiments. Adoption of law patterned after other European countries; Reaction to the law by researchers and animal-rights advocates; Grants to improve animal facilities.

Discusses the growing interest of scholars in Poland in Jewish studies after the end of communism in the nation. Background of Jewish studies in Poland; Jewish population in the nation and their social and religious status; Details of the studies on the subject.

Says Polish President Lech Walesa has agreed with university concerns over a decline in higher education, but maintains there are no imminent prospects for material satisfaction for college graduates. Lack of funding prevents universities from improving outdated facilities; Hope that education and science in Poland will reach some civilized level; Changes in awarding the five-year magister degree; Support for changes from the Council on Higher Education; Comments.

Focuses on the status of higher education in Poland in 1991. Concern of academic leaders on the continued deterioration of colleges; Significance of the election of Lech Walesa as president on the colleges' prospect for continued moral support; Inability of the 1991 budget to compensate for the budget cuts suffered by universities in the early 1980s.

The article reports that a draft legislation to reform higher education in Poland will bring the country's university system much closer to systems in Western countries. The law is expected to give individual universities more autonomy in deciding the distribution of funds. The law will also introduce low-interest loans for students needing assistance.

The article reports on academic leaders' call on Poland's Solidarity-dominated government to reverse the two decades of educational decline and accelerate moves toward greater autonomy for universities. According to educators, funds for institutions have been inadequate since the mid-1970s. Education Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki comments on issues concerning higher education in Poland.

The article reports that the universities in Poland have started to regain authority over their own affairs after decades of Communist Party control. A case to be pointed out is the Krakow's Jagiellonian University, where many people have challenged the party's claim that it must have a leading role in all facets of Polish life. With this, administrators of the university has invited the pro-Solidarity Independent Students' Association to open an office of the university's rector Aleksander Koj.

Reports that the 1999 Hannah Arendt Prize for higher-education reform in Eastern Europe is being shared by the Institute for Contemporary History, in Prague, and the Center for the Study of the Classical Tradition, in Warsaw. Background of the prize; Details about the winning institutions; Special award given to George Soros.

Focuses on the teaching of Jewish studies in Poland. Tours of the Auschwitz concentration camps for teachers; Conference on teaching the Holocaust organized by the Center for Jewish Culture; Number of Jewish people killed at the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Recounts the Budapest meeting of the Conference of European Rectors where more academic exchanges were endorsed. Central European Exchange Program for University Studies (CEEPUS); Advantage of CEEPUS of involving no exchange of funds, only students; Jagiellonian University's experiment in `economic decentralization'; Direct routing of state funds to faculties instead of university administration based on merit.

Reveals that Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, has ceded to student demands and turned over the management of two of its large dormitories in yet another sign of how campuses in Poland are returning to practices that were in place before communism. Agreement on how the two residences are being run; The Bratniak Foundation; Actions taken by the new management; Acute shortage of housing; Comments.

Focuses on the construction of a modern, open stack library at the University of Warsaw in Poland. How the library was funded; The design of the building as chosen from entries in an international contest; Description of the building.

Looks at Poland's consideration of the payment of tuition in its public schools. Passage of a referendum in May of 1997 stating that education in public schools shall be without payment; Impact of limited funds on efforts to improve the schools; Differences in policies within and between schools.

Reports on the damage to the University of Wroclaw in Poland due to floods. Estimated cost of damage; Volunteers' successful attempt to spare further damage.

The article reports on the boycott of mandatory military classes by male students in major universities in Poland since the semester began in October 1989. The country's military system apparently requires male graduates of universities to serve as army officers in training for about half a year. The boycott has been affecting universities in various cities.