Captive University: The Sovietization Of East G... May 2026

: The regime was less successful. Fear of losing expertise led the Polish Party to keep potentially disloyal "pre-war" professors in their positions, hoping they would train a new, loyal intelligentsia.

: These early differences in educational control predicted later political movements. Captive University: The Sovietization of East G...

In and Czechoslovakia , students whose institutions remained somewhat autonomous eventually spearheaded major reform movements in 1968 and 1989. : The regime was less successful