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Author: Agnieszka Kliks-Pudlik     Published At: 06.07.2022

CRASP's 25th-anniversary celebrations have begun

The unveiling of the plaque commemorating the founding meeting of the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland at Jagiellonian University in Kraków - marked the beginning of the main celebrations of the 25th anniversary of CRASP. The President of this committee is the Rector of the Silesian University of Technology, Prof. Arkadiusz Mężyk.

On 7 June 1997, 73 rectors of Polish higher education institutions met in Collegium Novum at the Jagiellonian University and unanimously decided to establish the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland. The first president of the organisation was the then the Rector of Jagiellonian University, Professor Aleksander Koj.

Exactly 25 years later, a commemorating plaque was unveiled in the building where the founding meeting took place. It was unveiled by CRASP President Prof. Arkadiusz Mężyk and Jagiellonian University Rector Prof. Jacek Popiel.

It was the first point of the main celebrations of the 25th anniversary of CRASP. An anniversary meeting of the Presidium and Plenary Assembly of CRASP is scheduled for Thursday and Friday (9-10 June), to be held within the walls of the University of Warsaw and the Royal Castle in Warsaw.

The Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland grew out of the environment's need - the need for an institution representing the common interests of academic schools. Although the beginnings were turbulent and not always easy, nowadays CRASP is an entity legally empowered by the Act - the Law on Higher Education and Science, and the voice of rectors is heard not only in matters of higher education but also in science and education.

During the quarter of a century of CRASP's existence, it has managed to consolidate the community of Rectors, moreover, the Conference itself today already has 109 members and eight associate members, who together are responsible for the education of approximately 70% of students in Poland. Since the establishment of CRASP, the Conference has been upholding academic values, including: principles of professional ethics, accountability and the constitutional principle of autonomy of academic institutions.

The anniversary celebrations also include a series of interviews with CRASP presidents of past and present terms. The interviews are available on the CRASP channel on YouTube: Komunikacja KRASP - YouTube 

The 25th-anniversary celebrations of CRASP were held under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda.

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