Open AccessRestructuring Irish Higher Education
Author(s) -
Ellen Hazelkorn
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2372-4501
pISSN - 1084-0613
DOI - 10.6017/ihe.2012.69.8641
Subject(s) - irish , restructuring , competition (biology) , globalization , higher education , government (linguistics) , political science , economic growth , quality (philosophy) , mass education , economic restructuring , development economics , economics , ecology , philosophy , linguistics , epistemology , law , biology
Irish higher education is undergoing significant change. Some of these changes are driven by the economic crisis sweeping across Ireland and Europe. But other changes are arguably part of a wider paradigm shift affecting higher education around the world: the challenge of meeting rising demands for high-quality mass public higher education at a time of globalisation and accelerating competition. As higher education is seen as key to sustainable economic recovery, there is a move towards greater government steerage of both the HE and research system. Ireland presents an interesting case study.