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2020-2021 Graduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HED 5850G - Higher Education Policy & Practice in Ireland

Credits: 4
Formerly: HED585G
In this course, students will learn about higher education policy and practice in Ireland. During spring break, students will visit three to five higher education institutions in Ireland - Dublin, Galway and Cork. Students will learn about the national structure of higher education in Ireland and driving national policy. We will examine issues of access and equity, student engagement and experience, community engagement, resident life, and student services and affairs in Irish higher education. We will have the opportunity to see how students are supported through visits to student affairs offices at the National University of Ireland Galway, University College Cork, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin City University and Dublin Institute of Technology. We will learn about policy through visits to the Higher Education Authority, which is the national regulatory body as well at the Irish University Association, the representative body for Irish universities. Students will draw comparisons between higher education policy and student affairs practice in Ireland and in the United States. NOTE: students self-fund the study abroad component of this course.