Strategie rozwoju nauki i szkół wyższych do roku 2010 i dyskusja o reformie szkolnictwa wyższego w Polsce 2008-2011

The author presented the history of Higher Education Reform in Poland for the years 2008 - 2011 and the discussion (taking place mainly in the press - "Forum Akademickie", "Gazeta Wyborcza") on the condition of Polish science and the reform. First she showed the changes at Polish universities after 1989, financial condition of universities, the genesis of changes prepared since 2008 and various phenomena within the higher education in Europe, especially massification of education. The author also presented two strategies for the development of higher education in Poland - one prepared by the consortium centered around Polish Rectors Foundation, and another commissioned in a consortium of commercial companies by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. She reported a discussion on both strategies and highlighted the participation of a wide range of scientists in the works over the strategies and in the discussion.