Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Institute of Public Administration (Ireland)

Description

1. x, 321 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

1. "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." "Higher education now plays a central role in the personal development of most young Irish adults. This book is the first to provide a comprehensive study of the origins and growth of mass higher education in the Republic of Ireland."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

1. Education and state > Ireland > History
2. Universities and colleges > Ireland > History
3. Education, Higher > Ireland > History

Genre/Form

1. History

Contents

1. Ch. 1. Higher Education Prior to 1960 -- Ch. 2. New Ideas at the Department of Education -- Ch. 3. A Tale of Two Committees -- Ch. 4. Limerick Wants a University -- Ch. 5. A System Takes Shape 1968-74 -- Ch. 6. The Universities Mark Time -- Ch. 7. Binary or Comprehensive? -- Ch. 8. 1977-1980 -- A Period of Consolidation -- Ch. 9. The Universities Come in from the Cold -- Ch. 10. 'The Centre Cannot Hold' -- Ch. 11. Some International Comparisons -- Ch. 12. A New Agenda?

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain