Focusing on "Associate Degree Nursing--Facilitating Competency Development," a 3-year project sponsored by the Midwest Alliance in Nursing (MAIN) to explore and recommend ways of strengthening Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) education and service, these proceedings contain papers by individuals involved with the development of the project and those who have been involved in implementing competency-based education (CBE) in ADN programs. The proceedings contain: (1) "Background on 'ADN--Facilitating Competency Development' Project," by Barbara J. Lee; (2) "Role of MAIN in the Regional ADN Competencies Project," by Barbara B. Minckley; (3) "The Current State of Affairs: Competency for ADN Graduates in Nursing Service Agencies," by Kate D. Schejbal; (4) "Competency-Based Education as a Curriculum Process," by Mary E. Broderick; (5) "ADN--Past, Present, and Future," by Elsa L. Brown; (6) "Collaboration with Nursing Service to Assure a Smooth Transition of ADN Graduates into Practice," by Charlotte Tracy; and (7) "Collaboration--Among All Levels of Nursing Education and Nurse Employers," by Peggy L. Primm. (AYC)