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Voyer, Andrea; Kline, Zachary D.; Danton, Madison; Volkova, Tatiana – Sociological Methods & Research, 2022
This article presents a computational approach to examining immigrant incorporation through shifts in the social "mainstream." Analyzing a historical corpus of American etiquette books, texts from 1922-2017 describing social norms, we identify mainstream shifts related to long-standing groups which once were and may currently still be…
Descriptors: Immigrants, United States History, Discourse Analysis, Acculturation
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Billett, Stephen – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2014
The standing of vocational education is salient for how it is perceived by those who sponsor, participate in and work within it and how its provisions are supported and administered. Yet, this standing continues to be intractably low, compared with other education sectors, more so in some countries than others. The consequences for this low…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Attitudes, Educational Policy