Academics work on new law to stop scandalous sale of university thesis

The Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences (PAU) has turned to the government and parliament with a request to introduce new regulations which would allow the punishment of selling of MA and doctorate thesis in Poland. "The main concern is that this immoral and harmful process seems to be legal according to the law in force," reads the document sent to the government. "We are currently working with top law professors in order to propose a legal framework which would put a stop to these kind of actions," said Jerzy Wyrozumski, secretary general of PAU. He also reminder journalists that similar regulations were implemented abroad a long time ago. This call to action is yet another attempt by academics to stop the widely spreading sale and trade of university thesis. Although prosecutors have already been informed about such actions, they had refused to act, claiming that such activity is not illegal. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A5) A.K.