Investing in People: Higher Education in Ireland from 1960 to 2000 |
Contents
Higher Education Prior to 1960 | 1 |
New Ideas at the Department of Education | 25 |
A Tale of Two Committees | 41 |
Limerick Wants a University | 65 |
A System Takes Shape 196874 | 79 |
The Universities Mark Time | 96 |
Binary or Comprehensive? | 113 |
19771980 A Period of Consolidation | 136 |
The Universities Come in from the Cold | 184 |
The Centre Cannot Hold | 211 |
Some International Comparisons | 247 |
A New Agenda? | 268 |
Appendices | 282 |
Bibliography | 287 |
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