Access and Participation in Irish Higher Education
Access and Participation in Irish Higher Education

Author: Ted Fleming

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 2017-02-17

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781137569738

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This book explores the access and participation issues present within Higher Education in Ireland. It examines policy, pedagogy and practices in relation to widening participation and documents the progress and challenges encountered in furthering the ‘access agenda’ over the past two decades. Access has become an integral part of how Higher Education understands itself and how it explains the value of what it does for society as a whole. Improving access to education strengthens social cohesion, lessens inequality, guarantees the future vitality of tertiary institutions and ensures economic competitiveness and flexibility in the era of the “Knowledge Based Economy”. Offering a coherent, critical account of recent developments in Irish Higher Education and the implications for Irish society as a whole, this book is essential for those involved both in researching the field and in Higher Education itself.

Achieving Equity and Quality in Higher Education
Achieving Equity and Quality in Higher Education

Author: Mahsood Shah

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-07-05

Total Pages: 381

ISBN-13: 3319783165

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Across the world, higher education is witnessing exponential growth in both student participation and types of educational providers. One key phenomenon of this growth is an increase in student diversity: governments are widening access to higher education for students from traditionally underrepresented groups. However, this raises questions about whether this rapid growth may in face compromise academic quality. This book presents case studies of how higher education institutions in diverse countries are maintaining academic excellence while increasing the access and participation of students from historically underrepresented backgrounds. Including case studies spanning four continents, the authors and editors examine whether increasing widening participation positively impacts upon academic quality. This volume will be of interest and value to students and scholars of global higher education, representation and participation in education, and quality in higher education.

Higher Education in Ireland
Higher Education in Ireland

Author: Andrew Loxley

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-03-19

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1137289880

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This collection provides the first in-depth, interdisciplinary and over-arching review of higher education in Ireland, situating higher education within the socio-cultural, political and historical context of the country over the past 40 years and the development of European and national policies.

Access and Participation in Irish Higher Education
Access and Participation in Irish Higher Education

Author: Ted Fleming

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-02-08

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 1137569743

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This book explores the access and participation issues present within Higher Education in Ireland. It examines policy, pedagogy and practices in relation to widening participation and documents the progress and challenges encountered in furthering the ‘access agenda’ over the past two decades. Access has become an integral part of how Higher Education understands itself and how it explains the value of what it does for society as a whole. Improving access to education strengthens social cohesion, lessens inequality, guarantees the future vitality of tertiary institutions and ensures economic competitiveness and flexibility in the era of the “Knowledge Based Economy”. Offering a coherent, critical account of recent developments in Irish Higher Education and the implications for Irish society as a whole, this book is essential for those involved both in researching the field and in Higher Education itself.

Access and Equity
Access and Equity

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Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 9460911862

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The massive expansion of higher education across all continents is one of the defining features of our century. This volume examines two dimensions of this: those of access and equity.