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This article argues for a political transformation and reorganization of the university so that it is capable of challenging the "hierarchy of power in a neoliberal society." Faculty democracy, administrative accountability to faculty, and the education of students to become critical, thinking citizens would be a major part of this reorganization. This article first appeared in The Contemporary Condition: http://contemporarycondition.blogspot.com/2014/07/toward-eco-egalitarian-university.html

Abstract
The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (KUL) was the very first University to honor the Italian religious leader Chiara Lubich, with a honorary degree. In 2007, Chiara Lubich who shared with Henry cardinal Newman some very similar intuitions on the task of a University, founded on the basis of the charism the Church recognized in her the University Institute Sophia (IUS) in Tuscany (Italy). This was to be the very last initiative of her long life as the foundress of the Focolare Movement, Chiara Lubich wanted it to be an interdisciplinary institute bringing together life and studies in harmony. Now, after more than eight years of life, the author dresses a 'state of the union' of this University Institute, in the context of the crisis of the universitarian world today.

We present the thematic issue that gathers 10 articles around the necessary struggle for the defense of the University, Training and Research as a critical-political-social set of freedom; professional practice; of collaboration, questioning and transformation of the current political situation.

"Decolonizing the University in Africa" published on by Oxford University Press.

Football Program for the 1977 game against Nebraska-Omaha. There are images of Nebraska and NAU team members, NAU pom pons and cheerleaders, NAU Administrators, lists of Lumberjack Booster Club members, State Legislators and Arizona Board of Regents members, Historic NAU Team information and records, team rosters and news information regarding both universities.

Researchers can obtain information on how to handle data at any time at the Hildesheim University Library. We are making good progress on the technical level, and we are continuously moving forwards, also in being very responsible when it comes to freedom of science. Even before the planned research projects begin, we consider research ethics, ethics in science and security-related research in order to avoid misuse of research. Therefore, in consultations on RDM ('first level' support), research ethics is always an issue in the qualitative or quantitative research process. The type of data collection has changed significantly in recent years. We go into the "field" with smartphones and tablets, etc. What needs to be considered? Central to research ethics, in addition to responsibility, are considerations on the basis of values and ethical decision-making: Who has responsibility in a research team? What are the researchers actually responsible for, i.e. for what actions in one's research activity and to whom? With these considerations, the requirements of the ethical standards in the professional associations must always be met. In the area of machine learning, big data, artificial intelligence and algorithms, too, everyone is encouraged to take an ethical look at the research topic. In the fields of biology or in the life sciences, in projects in political science and in education and linguistics, research-ethical questions are being asked, that is, in all departments of the university and in all institutions.

The origins of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University trace back to the Pedagogical Institute established in 1941 in Stanislav, which was the regional centre at that time. During the eighty years of its existence, the educational institution developed gradually: first it functioned as the Pedagogical Institute and its long-term existence was marked by numerous significant events, then it became a classical university, and, finally, it received the title and status of a national university. In recent years, the university has undergone radical changes in all areas of its life and work. There has come to the forefront the need of focusing on the experience of European universities while preserving national and state positions. Cooperation with leading European universities has made it possible to provide students with an opportunity to obtain a diploma not only from Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, but also from one of the Polish ones. On the part of the staff the ongoing process of supporting the Ukrainian language as the state language goes hand in hand with general and persistent efforts teachers and students to master the English language.
There have taken place significant changes in the organization of the educational process, introduction of new curricula, as well as modern teaching methods. Information technologies and the Internet have become an integral part of the educational process, while a powerful information center has been established to provide technical support for the training session organization and the online access to scientific sources. New ways of teaching presupposes the activation of the factor of students' individual work, which accounts for independent acquisition of a significant part of the necessary information. The scientific library now has better possibilities to make scientific and educational literature essential for the training of highly qualified specialists available through the university website.
The scientific activity of teachers has risen to a new level; new scientific centers have been created, new laboratories have been equipped; there is an ongoing international project aimed at restoration of the observatory on Mount Pip Ivan in the Carpathians. There has been a significant rise in scientific output measured by the Scopus scientific metric base; in recent years the number of doctors of science has increased by a third, and new promising scientific schools have been opened. Several multivolume fundamental scientific works have seen the world. Student self-government has also intensified, cultural life is booming, there are significant achievements in sports. In the future, the university seeks to enter the top 100 best universities in the world.