Investing in people : higher education in Ireland from 1960 to 2000 /
White, Tony.
Investing in people : higher education in Ireland from 1960 to 2000 / Tony White. - Dublin : Institute of Public Administration, 2001. - x, 321 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Higher Education Prior to 1960 -- New Ideas at the Department of Education -- A Tale of Two Committees -- Limerick Wants a University -- A System Takes Shape 1968-74 -- The Universities Mark Time -- Binary or Comprehensive? -- 1977-1988 A Period of Consolidation -- The Universities Come in from the Cold -- 'The Centre Cannot Hold' -- Some International Comparisons -- A New Agenda? -- Appendices -- Bibliography.
This book tracks the ebb and flow of higher education policy over a forty year period with particular emphasis on non-university higher education. Dr. White looks at the implications of the explosion in numbers going to college, examines how the Irish experience compares with other countries and speculates on the nature of the problems ahead.
9781902448558 : No price 1902448553
Education and state--History--Ireland
Universities and colleges--History--Ireland
Education, Higher--History--Ireland
Development economics & emerging economies
378.417
Investing in people : higher education in Ireland from 1960 to 2000 / Tony White. - Dublin : Institute of Public Administration, 2001. - x, 321 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Higher Education Prior to 1960 -- New Ideas at the Department of Education -- A Tale of Two Committees -- Limerick Wants a University -- A System Takes Shape 1968-74 -- The Universities Mark Time -- Binary or Comprehensive? -- 1977-1988 A Period of Consolidation -- The Universities Come in from the Cold -- 'The Centre Cannot Hold' -- Some International Comparisons -- A New Agenda? -- Appendices -- Bibliography.
This book tracks the ebb and flow of higher education policy over a forty year period with particular emphasis on non-university higher education. Dr. White looks at the implications of the explosion in numbers going to college, examines how the Irish experience compares with other countries and speculates on the nature of the problems ahead.
9781902448558 : No price 1902448553
Education and state--History--Ireland
Universities and colleges--History--Ireland
Education, Higher--History--Ireland
Development economics & emerging economies
378.417