This book brings together current thinking on informal language learning and the findings of over 30 years of research on captions (same language subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) to present a new model of language learning from captioned viewing and a future roadmap for research and practice in this field. Language learners may have…

Findings from the ninth triennial administration of the National Survey of First-Year Seminars, describing the nature and extent of first-year seminars on American college campuses. Drawn from a broad sample of colleges and universities from every institutional type, control, and size, the survey addresses topics including seminar characteristics…

This third volume, one of the products in the Nursing Curriculum Project series "Pathways to Practice", presents the results of an extended examination of three social elements that impinge directly upon the nursing profession: feminism, higher education, and health care. These elements are fully discussed in separate papers (presented as…