Higher Education in Ireland, 1922-2016 Politics, Policy and Power-A History of Higher Education in the Irish State /

This book explores the emergence of the modern higher education sector in the independent Irish state. The author traces its origins from the traditional universities, technical schools and teacher training colleges at the start of the twentieth century, cataloguing its development into the complex,...

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Main Author: Walsh, John (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:
Higher education.
Education-History.
Great Britain-History.
Education-Philosophy.
ISBN:9781137446732
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Ideas of the university
  • Chapter 2. Universities in the Irish Free State
  • Chapter 3. Church, state and the university
  • Chapter 4. Higher technical education in Ireland
  • Chapter 5. Ministers, bishops and teachers
  • Chapter 6. The end of the old order
  • Chapter 7. The transformation of higher education
  • Chapter 8. Reform and resistance
  • Chapter 9. Globalisation and the primacy of economics
  • Chapter 10. Higher education in the twenty first century.

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