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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
C. Books
Author FLEMING, Ted (LOXLEY, Andrew; FINNEGAN, Fergal)
Title Access and participation in Irish higher education / Ted Fleming ; Andrew Loxley ; Fergal Finnegan
Publisher London, UK : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017
Collation XI, 326 S. : graph. Darst.
Publication year 2017
ISBN 978-1-137-56973-8
Inventory number 79769
Keywords Ausland : Irland : Hochschulwesen allgemein ; Ausland : Irland : Forschung, Hochschullehrer ; Ausland : Irland : einzelne Hochschulen ; Ausland : Irland : Studenten, Studium, Lehre ; Mobilität
Abstract 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. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)
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