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Access and Participation in Irish Higher Education /

By: Fleming, Ted.
Contributor(s): Loxley, Andrew | Finnegan, Fergal | Kearns, Mark.
Publisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2017Description: xi, 326 pages : ill. ; 26 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: umnediated | computer Carrier type: volume | online resourceISBN: 9781137569745; 1137569743.Subject(s): Education, Higher -- Ireland | Education | Higher education and state -- Ireland | Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives | Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- Ireland | Universities and colleges -- Admission -- Social aspects -- Ireland | Education and state -- Ireland | Education, Higher | Education and stateDDC classification: 378.009417 FLE
Contents:
Access and Participation in Irish Higher Education; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Access and the Idea of the University; Education and Economic Modernisation; The Stakes of the Game: Prosperity, Justice and an Anxious Question; Barriers to Access; Crisis and Complexity; The Pulse of Freedom; Students and the Limits of Access Categories; Structure of the Book; Chapter 2: Key Trends in Irish Higher Education; Chapter 3: Access and Widening Participation -- Stories from the Policy Domain; Chapter 4: Routes in: Access Categories, Mechanisms and Processes.
Chapter 5: The Purpose of Access: Equality, Social Mobility and the Knowledge EconomyChapter 6: The Working Class and Higher Education Participation; Chapter 7: Moving to Higher Education: Opportunities and Barriers Experienced by People with Disabilities; Chapter 8: Mature Students in Irish Higher Education; Chapter 9: The Gender Experiences of Non-traditional Students in Irish Higher Education; Chapter 10: The Semi-visible: Part-Timers and Flexible Learners; Chapter 11: Learning and Teaching and Non-traditional Students; Chapter 12: Retention in Ireland's Higher Education Institutions.
Chapter 13: ConclusionNotes; Part I Introduction: Trends, Policies, Processes and Practices of Access; 2 Key Trends in Irish Higher Education and the Emergence and Development of Access; Introduction; Access and Higher Education Policy in Historical Perspective; A Turning Point: Investment in Education; Lifelong Learning; A Changed System; A Comparative Perspective on the Successes of Access; Changed Utterly?; The Neoliberal University: International and National Dimensions; Austerity, Crisis and the Reform of Higher Education; Fees, Funding and Education as a Public Good.
An Alternative Vision of Higher EducationConclusion; Notes; 3 Access and Widening Participation -- Stories from the Policy Domain; Introduction; Naming of the Parts: What Is Access and Exactly How Wide Is It?; A Continuum of Access?; Let the Presses Roll: A Review of Access Policy Publications; Making It Legal; Once upon a Time?; Moving Targets?; Access and Participation: The Numbers Game; Binary Divides; Disability; The Matures; Reaching the Targets?; This Way to the Future? The 2014 Consultation Paper and the "Third Action Plan 2015-19"; Hunt, Landscapes, Dialogues and Compacts.
Conclusion? From Bust to Boom and Bust (Again)Dear John?; Notes; 4 Routes in: Access Categories, Mechanisms and Processes; Getting Access to Access; Let the Right Ones in?; Access Programmes: First Chance, Second Chance, Third Chance?; Compensatory Mechanisms; Routes for Mature Students; Further Education and Training; The Money Question: Access, Funding and Student Supports; The Student; The Institution; The Strategic Innovation Fund; Conclusion: So What Have We Learnt?; Notes; 5 The Purpose of Access: Equality, Social Mobility and the Knowledge Economy; The Purpose of Access.
Summary: This title 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access and Participation in Irish Higher Education; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Access and the Idea of the University; Education and Economic Modernisation; The Stakes of the Game: Prosperity, Justice and an Anxious Question; Barriers to Access; Crisis and Complexity; The Pulse of Freedom; Students and the Limits of Access Categories; Structure of the Book; Chapter 2: Key Trends in Irish Higher Education; Chapter 3: Access and Widening Participation -- Stories from the Policy Domain; Chapter 4: Routes in: Access Categories, Mechanisms and Processes.

Chapter 5: The Purpose of Access: Equality, Social Mobility and the Knowledge EconomyChapter 6: The Working Class and Higher Education Participation; Chapter 7: Moving to Higher Education: Opportunities and Barriers Experienced by People with Disabilities; Chapter 8: Mature Students in Irish Higher Education; Chapter 9: The Gender Experiences of Non-traditional Students in Irish Higher Education; Chapter 10: The Semi-visible: Part-Timers and Flexible Learners; Chapter 11: Learning and Teaching and Non-traditional Students; Chapter 12: Retention in Ireland's Higher Education Institutions.

Chapter 13: ConclusionNotes; Part I Introduction: Trends, Policies, Processes and Practices of Access; 2 Key Trends in Irish Higher Education and the Emergence and Development of Access; Introduction; Access and Higher Education Policy in Historical Perspective; A Turning Point: Investment in Education; Lifelong Learning; A Changed System; A Comparative Perspective on the Successes of Access; Changed Utterly?; The Neoliberal University: International and National Dimensions; Austerity, Crisis and the Reform of Higher Education; Fees, Funding and Education as a Public Good.

An Alternative Vision of Higher EducationConclusion; Notes; 3 Access and Widening Participation -- Stories from the Policy Domain; Introduction; Naming of the Parts: What Is Access and Exactly How Wide Is It?; A Continuum of Access?; Let the Presses Roll: A Review of Access Policy Publications; Making It Legal; Once upon a Time?; Moving Targets?; Access and Participation: The Numbers Game; Binary Divides; Disability; The Matures; Reaching the Targets?; This Way to the Future? The 2014 Consultation Paper and the "Third Action Plan 2015-19"; Hunt, Landscapes, Dialogues and Compacts.

Conclusion? From Bust to Boom and Bust (Again)Dear John?; Notes; 4 Routes in: Access Categories, Mechanisms and Processes; Getting Access to Access; Let the Right Ones in?; Access Programmes: First Chance, Second Chance, Third Chance?; Compensatory Mechanisms; Routes for Mature Students; Further Education and Training; The Money Question: Access, Funding and Student Supports; The Student; The Institution; The Strategic Innovation Fund; Conclusion: So What Have We Learnt?; Notes; 5 The Purpose of Access: Equality, Social Mobility and the Knowledge Economy; The Purpose of Access.

This title 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.

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