From an external evaluation of Greek universities...

http://www.adip.gr/eks/004_UNI_THRACE_200811_EN.pdf

This committee is compelled to stress the following issues which are of vital importance for the realistic evaluation of the current situation and its potential remediation. These are not concerned with the specific Department assessed by this committee, but rather with the broader Hellenic academic environment and institutions.

An anti-academic, anti-pedagogical, anti-democratic atmosphere seems to prevail. This hinders and impedes meritocracy, personal development of the students and the fulfillment of their academic aspirations. This atmosphere was evident by the fears voiced by the faculty throughout the visit stemming from the students’ plausible active obstruction of the committee’s work. The committee was told – and is aware from the current state of affairs in the Hellenic academic institutions – that the institutions themselves and the academic personnel are apprehensive due to the students’ ability to obstruct lectures, occupy the campuses, and physically remove faculty from offices, labs and campuses. The defacing of the physical environment (not of the specific campus, but rather that of the main one) is indicative of the negative attitude of students towards their academic institutions, as well as of the lack of appropriate treatment of those responsible for vandalism and intimidation of students and faculty alike.