Access and Participation in Irish Higher Education (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

PART I. Introduction.- Chapter 1. Key trends in Irish Higher Education and the Emergence and Development of Access.- Chapter 2. Access and Widening Participation: Stories from the Policy Domain.- Chapter 3. Routes in: Access Categories, Mechanisms and Processes.- Chapter 4. The Purpose of Access: Equality, Social Mobility and the Knowledge Economy.- PART II. Research and Policy on Access Students: Experiences, Intersections and Gaps.- Chapter 5. Working Class Access to Higher Education: Structures, Experiences and Categories.- Chapter 6. Moving to Higher Education: Opportunities and Barriers Experienced by People with Disabilities; Michael Shevlin, Conor Mc Guckin, Sheena Bell and Cristina Devecchi.- Chapter 7. Mature Students in Irish HE; Mark Kearns.- Chapter 8. The Gender Experiences of Non-Traditional Students in Irish Higher Education; Bernie Grummell and Rose Ryan.- Chapter 9. Part-time and Flexible Learning in Irish Higher Education; Nuala Hunt.- PART III. Introduction.- Chapter 10. Learning and Teaching and Non-Traditional Students in HE.- Chapter 11. Retention in Ireland's Higher Education Institutions.- Chapter 12. Towards a Conclusion.