In the second half of 1950s, an identifiable academic life was revived. Faculty councils played a key role in the nominations of professors, while university officials continued to be appointed by superiors. The majority of disciplines managed to rebuild free instruction and research on a European level. The official ideology did not play a big role. International contacts were recovered. Increasing criticism of the political structure of Poland led to student demonstrations in 1968, which were suppresed by the police. The repression reached many members of academic staff. The university (now at 20,000 students), nevertheless, was a center of independent thought, from which emerged many outstanding intellectuals, many leaders of the anti-communist opposition, as well as reformers in the governing camp.
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