Academics outraged over new screening law

The law, which comes into force on March 15, was the subject of a heated debate during the Wednesday meeting of the University senate's personnel committee. "There is strong resistance in the academic community and few people are willing to submit such declarations," said an anonymous source. "People are outraged because they see it as an expression of no confidence or even an attempted purge. It is clear that the resistance will be growing." Many academics, including two senior figures at the psychology department with a record of dissent activity in Solidarity, have said publicly they will not submit declarations. Meanwhile, University authorities are understood to be frantically groping for a solution. A common policy is to be agreed at a senior faculty meeting early next week. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 8) R.M.