In February, the Czech Ministry of Education submitted a proposal of reforms to the government. The reform package was a major step in re-structuring the current higher education system. The academic community, led primarily by university students, reacted very negatively to the move, threatening an all-out strike if the reforms were not scrapped. In the week of February 27 major protests took place at universities throughout the country. The main points of contention were the proposed tuition and enrollment fees and the changes to the structure of the university senates, which are a part of every state university. Currently, university senates, which make decisions about various aspects of university life, are made up equally of professors and elected students. The