Review Objectives To identify and synthesise the best available evidence about the meaningfulness of assessments of competence during the professional experience placement for undergraduate nursing students, with the overarching aim to make recommendations concerning strategies and initiatives that support assessment of competence for undergraduate nursing programs. Review Questions What are un...

Neuroscience is flourishing at undergraduate four-year institutions. During the past decade there has been a proliferation of programs and there are many institutions where such programs are recognized as centers of academic excellence. Recently, FUN held the fourth in a series of neuroscience workshops in collaboration with Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) at Macalester College. In the first of the...

Many graduate TESOL programs grapple with whether to admit applicants who fall short of meeting established admission criteria yet who show promise as future TESOL professionals. This study examined key characteristics affecting the success of candidates admitted conditionally to graduate TESOL programs. Participants were 21 students who had been admitted conditionally to master’slevel TESOL pr...