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ERIC Number: EJ448807
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-8211
Self-Regulation and the Emergence of the Evaluative State: Trends in Irish Higher Education Policy, 1987-1992.
O'Buachalla, Seamus
European Journal of Education, v27 n1-2 p69-78 1992
This paper analyzes Irish governmental policy related to quantitative and qualitative changes at the institutional level in the degree of "professionalization" and "vocationalization" in institutions of higher education. An evaluative state is seen emerging which emphasizes market values and a competitive model of higher education. (DB)
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Competition, Educational Policy, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries, Government Role, Government School Relationship, Higher Education, Institutional Mission, Professional Education, Universities, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Ireland; Vocationalism