Daftar Isi:1. Introduction Part I Introduction Trend Policies Processes and Practices of Access 2. Key Trend in Irish Higher Education and the Emergence and Development of Access 3. Access and Widening Participation-Stories from the Policy Domain 4. Routes in Access Categories Mechanisms and Processes 5. The Purpose pf Access Equality Social Mobility and the Knowledge Economy Part Ii Research and Policy on Access Students Experiences Intersection and Gaps 6. Working Class Access to Hugher Education Structures Experiences and Categories 7. Moving to Higher Education Opportunities and Barriers Experiences by People with Disabilities 8. Mature Students in Irish Higher Education 9. Gendered Experiences of Non-traditional Students in Irish Higher Education 10. Part-Time and Flexible Learning in Irish Higher Education Part III Introduction Teaching Learning and Retention 11. Learning and Teaching and Non-traditional Students in Higher Education 12. Retention in Ireland s Higher Education Institutions 13. Toward a Conslusion