Irish technological universities and the binary divide: a qualitative study

Ludovic Highman

doi:10.1007/s10734-019-00428-x

Irish technological universities and the binary divide: a qualitative study

Ludovic Highman

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This article aims to examine and analyse the perceptions of senior policy-makers, lobby group representatives and both higher education academics and professional managers on the establishing of technological universities in Ireland, and its implications for the fabric of the Irish higher education system, in terms of the structure of the Irish higher education system, academic drift and the diversity of Irish higher education institutions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	637-656
Number of pages	20
Journal	Higher Education
Volume	79
Issue number	4
Early online date	4 Jul 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-019-00428-x
Publication status	Published - 30 Apr 2020

Keywords

Academic drift
Binary system
Differentiation
Diversity
Higher education
Mission drift
Technological universities
Sustainability
public sector

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education

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