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Access and participation in Irish higher education / Ted Fleming, Andrew Loxley, Fergal Finnegan ; with contributions from Michael Shevlin [and seven others].

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]Description: xi, 326 pages ; 22 cm. ; casedContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781137569738
  • 1137569735
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.415 23
LOC classification:
  • F54 2017
Contents:
[Part 1: Introduction: trends, policies, processes and practices of access] Key trends in Irish higher education and the emergence and development of access / T. Fleming et al... -- Access and widening participation - stories from the policy domain / A. Loxley et al... -- Routes in: access categories, mechanisms and processes / A. Loxley et al... -- The purpose of access: equality, social mobility and the knowledge economy / F. Finnegan et al...
[Part 2: Research and policy on access students: experiences, intersections and gaps] Working class access to higher education: structures, experiences and categories / F. Finnegan -- Moving to higher education: opportunities and barriers experienced by people with disabilities / M. Shevlin et al... -- Mature students in Irish higher education / M. Kearns -- Gendered experiences of non-traditional students in Irish higher education / B. Gummell & R. Ryan -- Part-time and flexible learning in Irish higher education / N. Hunt.
[Part 3: Introduction: teaching, learning and retention] Learning and teaching and non-traditional students in higher education / A. Loxley et al... -- Retention in Ireland's higher education institutions / T. Fleming et al... -- Towards a conclusion / T. Fleming et al...

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-321) and index.

[Part 1: Introduction: trends, policies, processes and practices of access] Key trends in Irish higher education and the emergence and development of access / T. Fleming et al... -- Access and widening participation - stories from the policy domain / A. Loxley et al... -- Routes in: access categories, mechanisms and processes / A. Loxley et al... -- The purpose of access: equality, social mobility and the knowledge economy / F. Finnegan et al...

[Part 2: Research and policy on access students: experiences, intersections and gaps] Working class access to higher education: structures, experiences and categories / F. Finnegan -- Moving to higher education: opportunities and barriers experienced by people with disabilities / M. Shevlin et al... -- Mature students in Irish higher education / M. Kearns -- Gendered experiences of non-traditional students in Irish higher education / B. Gummell & R. Ryan -- Part-time and flexible learning in Irish higher education / N. Hunt.

[Part 3: Introduction: teaching, learning and retention] Learning and teaching and non-traditional students in higher education / A. Loxley et al... -- Retention in Ireland's higher education institutions / T. Fleming et al... -- Towards a conclusion / T. Fleming et al...

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