The aim of this study is to empirically investigate the reasons for regional disparities in educational expansion in Germany (i.e., rising rates of general university entrance qualification) on the basis of theoretically relevant influencing factors: changes in school policies, changes in social structure, or general social modernization…

Embracing an inclusive mindset within museums is necessary to further accessibility and transform the role of museums in a changing society to more effectively foster diversity. A brief overview of the history of laws related to people with disabilities and the role of centralized museum associations sets accessibility as a concept within cultural…

Unlike a conventional reading of Bourdieu, this article focuses on his work with regard to the transformation of social structure. In the context of a rereading, from an educational theory perspective, the article proposes an approach that allows for the linking of empirically informed social theory, on the one hand, and biography research…

Suggests that questions about social mobility require a comparative dimension and provides an example of this type of approach by examining the place of small shopkeepers in the occupational structure of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in the mid nineteenth-century. (Author/DB)

Discusses the time focused theoretical interpretation of adult education in relation to the integrative achievement of postsecondary education. Contends that a systematic temporal analysis of postsecondary presupposes the clarification of categories such as events, personal time structures, and synchronization. (CFR)