‘A perfect storm’: Why more students are dropping out of college

 an excellent analysis on what Colleges need to do in relation to increased dropout rates.

the full article is here.

Private Education in Ireland

                                        Diarmuid Hegarty, founder and president of Griffith College, Ireland's largest                                             private college. Photograph: Alan Betson

 From the Irish Times:

‘We don’t serve the elite’: How Diarmuid Hegarty built Ireland’s largest private third-level institution

Back in the 1970s Diarmuid Hegarty was in high demand among aspiring accountants.

Failure rates for the chartered accountancy exams were incredibly high – seven out of eight students flunked them – but the quality of Hegarty’s grinds was legendary.

While a promising career as a tax consultant lay ahead of him in a top accountancy firm, his sideline business grew to the point where he had a choice to make.

“I remember at the time thinking, will I look back and say that I was responsible for that amendment in the tax act? Or will I look back on having helped students?” says Hegarty. The decision, he says, was easy.

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And of course, it's a no-brainer for all of us who teach young people and try to inspire them!

 

Selected films

Dead Poet's Society

The Holdovers

 

 

 

Does Ireland have a diversity problem at third level?

 

How many ethnic minority students go to college in Ireland? Nobody seems to know – and it’s putting a generation at risk of being left behind.

Race, Ethnicity and Change in Higher Education, a new report from the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) and the British Council in Ireland, says that this lack of data may be harming the educational and career opportunities of black, Asian, Traveller and other ethnic minority students in Ireland.

“How can you address a problem that you don’t fully understand?” asks Prof Brian Norton, secretary for policy and international relations with the RIA. 

 

The full article is here.