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/^t/It is a well-known, yet horrifying fact that Polish educational system has found itself in a critical situation over several recent years. Despite appreciable and profound changes which took place in all fields of social life, it failed to keep pace with them. According to the reliable evidence, from 1989 on, the dominant policy of the government toward education was to increase the number of available university places for those evincing interest in higher education. This resulted in constantly growing number of students enrolled in colleges and universities throughout Poland. Nowadays, the findings report, there are twice as many university students as there were in 1989. Simultaneously, within the compass of four years, the government has reduced still by a half meagre funds reserved for purpose of education. In consequence of the instanced disposal most Polish universities are confronted with serious financial problems calling for reasonable solutions.