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The Influence of Birth Country on Selection of Conference Destination--Employing Natural Language Processing
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Davidovitch, Nitza; Eckhaus, Eyal – Higher Education Studies, 2018
This study deals with immigrant scientists integrated in academia in Israel. Studies on the subject indicate the contribution of immigrant scientists to research. The current study focuses on the influence of scientists' birth country on selecting destinations for academic conferences, as well as on the influence of one's native language on the…
Descriptors: Natural Language Processing, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Scientists
The Structure of the University Network: From the Soviet to Russian "Master Plan"
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Kuzminov, Ia. I.; Semenov, D. S.; Froumin, I. D. – Russian Education & Society, 2015
The authors discuss the underpinnings of structural analysis in the higher education system. The article justifies why it focuses on specific labor market segments and the nature of the university's basic product as grounds for proposing a typology and groups of institutions. A Soviet "master plan" is reconstructed on the basis of the…
Descriptors: Universities, Networks, Vocational Education, Educational Change
Food Label Use and Food Label Skills among Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union
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Lubman, Nadia; Doak, Colleen; Jasti, Sunitha – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2012
Objective: To assess food label use and skills and to identify their correlates among immigrants from the former Soviet Union (FSU). Design/Setting/Participants: Cross-sectional survey of a convenience sample of 200 FSU immigrants residing in New York City. Variables Measured: Food label use and skills; acculturation; and socioeconomic and…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Statistical Analysis, Foreign Countries, Nutrition
Similarity of Mothers' and Preschool Teachers' Evaluations of Socialization Goals in a Cross-Cultural Perspective
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Döge, Paula; Keller, Heidi – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2014
This study examines the similarity of socialization goals of a group of mothers with different cultural backgrounds and their children's respective preschool teachers in Germany. Additionally, the researchers were interested in the relationship between the degree of mother-teacher similarity and maternal satisfaction with child care. Questionnaire…
Descriptors: Socialization, Mothers, Cultural Differences, Preschool Teachers
Neighborhood Immigrant Concentration, Acculturation, and Cultural Alienation in Former Soviet Immigrant Women
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Miller, Arlene Michaels; Birman, Dina; Zenk, Shannon; Wang, Edward; Sorokin, Olga; Connor, Jorgia – Journal of Community Psychology, 2009
Several acculturation theories note the importance of surrounding context, but few studies describe neighborhood influences on immigrant adaptation. The purpose of this study was to examine relationships among neighborhood immigrant concentration, acculturation, and alienation for 151 women aged 44-80 from the former Soviet Union who lived in the…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Females, Acculturation, Immigrants
The Dynamics of the Level of Education of the Population of Russia in the Twentieth Century
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Rutkevich, Mikhail Nikolaevich – Russian Education and Society, 2008
The author analyzes three basic periods in the development of the level of education of the population of Russia over the span of a hundred years. The first period runs from 1897, when a nationwide census was carried out for the first time, to 1917. The second period, the Soviet era, runs from 1917 to the late 1980s. The third period started with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Attainment, Educational History, Politics of Education