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Higher Education in Ireland, 1922–2016

Politics, Policy and Power—A History of Higher Education in the Irish State

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Authors:
  1. John Walsh

    1. Cultures Academic Values and Education Research Centre, School of Education, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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  • Tracks the development of higher education in Ireland throughout the twentieth century into the twenty-first

  • Examines the key actors and contexts that shaped the development of higher education

  • Explores how power at the local, national and international levels impinged upon the Irish higher education system

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Ideas of the University

    • John Walsh
    Pages 1-26

  3. Universities in the Irish Free State

    • John Walsh
    Pages 27-103

  4. Church, State and the University

    • John Walsh
    Pages 105-128

  5. Higher Technical Education in Ireland

    • John Walsh
    Pages 129-153

  6. Ministers, Bishops and Teachers

    • John Walsh
    Pages 155-185

  7. The End of the Old Order

    • John Walsh
    Pages 187-231

  8. The Transformation of Higher Education

    • John Walsh
    Pages 233-327

  9. Reform and Resistance

    • John Walsh
    Pages 329-385

  10. Globalisation and the Primacy of Economics

    • John Walsh
    Pages 387-481

  11. Higher Education in the Twenty First Century

    • John Walsh
    Pages 483-494

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 495-554
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About this book

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, multi-layered and diverse system of the early twenty-first century. Focusing on the socio-political and cultural contexts which shaped the evolution of higher education, the author analyses the interplay between the state, academic institutions and other key institutional actors – notably churches, cultural organizations, employers, trade unions and supranational bodies. This study explores policy, structural and institutional change in Irish higher education, suggesting that the emergence of the modern higher education system in Ireland was influenced by ideologies and trends which owed much to a wider European and international context.  
The book considers how the exercise of power at local, national and international level impinged on the mission, purpose and values of higher education and on the creation and expansion of a distinctive higher education system. The author also explores a transformation in public and political understandings of the role of higher education, charting the gradual evolution from traditionalist conceptions of the academy as a repository for cultural and religious value formation, to the re-positioning of higher education as a vital factor in the knowledge based economy. This comprehensive volume will appeal to students and scholars of the Irish education system, educators and practitioners in the field, and those interested in higher education in Ireland more generally.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Cultures Academic Values and Education Research Centre, School of Education, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    John Walsh

About the author

John Walsh is Ussher Lecturer in Higher Education at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, and Director of the Cultures, Academic Values and Education Research Centre in the School of Education.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Higher Education in Ireland, 1922–2016

  • Book Subtitle: Politics, Policy and Power—A History of Higher Education in the Irish State

  • Authors: John Walsh

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-44673-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-44672-5Published: 29 November 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-44673-2Published: 19 November 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 554

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Higher Education, History of Education, History of Britain and Ireland, Educational Philosophy

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