Description: This article summarizes a proposal which combines two independent but complimentary ideas regarding loans for post-secondary education in the U.S.: 1. Individuals repay the loans by committing a percentage of their future income for twenty-five years [but not beyond age 65] rather than by a fixed dollar amount, and 2. A portion of the 5ocial 5ecurity [OASDI] Trust Funds be used as initial capital to finance those loans. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1991, Vol. 1.

Description: This is a thank you note sent out by Sarah Christiansen of the Principal Financial Group and Stuart Klugman of Drake University for the opportunity of hosting the 34th Annual Actuarial Research Conference. The Conference was held Aug. 8-11, 1999, in Des Moines, Iowa. The theme of the conference, jointly sponsored by Drake University and The Principal Financial Group, was building bridges between theory and practice. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 2000, Vol. 1.

Description: List of registrants for the 1983 Actuarial Research Conference.

Description: In early 1989, the Society of Actuaries appointed a Task Force on Strengthening Relationships Between Universities and the Actuarial Profession. The charge of the Task Force was to explore the relationships between the actuarial profession and universities in the United States and Canada and recommend how they can be strengthened to the benefit of both the actuarial profession and the universities. This article summarizes the Task Force's recommendations that were approved by the Society of Actuaries Board of Governors. From Actuarial Research Clearing House, 1991 Vol. 1.

Description: This article describes the primary goal of the Actuarial Research Clearing House [ARCH], its editorial policy and the procedure for submitting manuscripts. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1992, Vol. 1.

Description: This is a listing of the participants attending the 26th Actuarial Research Conference held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champalgn on August 8-10, 1991. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1992, Vol. 1.

Description: In this paper we will describe how richer actuarial programs can be provided if a number of schools with smaller programs combine resources by forming a regional cooperative or consortium. We have already formed our own consortium, the Southwest Actuarial Education and Research Consortium SWAERC. The strategies proposed here have already been used in SWAERC, and we will illustrate each of them by describing our own experience with it.

Description: The article announces that the first David Garrick Halmstad prize has been awarded to Dr. Phelim P. Boyle for his 1978 paper in the Journal of the Institute of Actuaries, 'Immunization Under Stochastic Models of the Term Structure.' The article also describes the history of this award. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1980, Vol. 1.

Description: The Actuarial Education and Research Fund AERF is a not for profit corporation organized under the applicable law of the State of Illinois in 1976. This paper focuses on the maturing of AERF as well as its creation and implementation by the Society of Actuaries Committee on Professional Development.

Description: This paper describes the nature of a multimedia computer-based colloquium and demonstrates how the technology can be used within an actuarial science instruction setting and describes the steps taken to ease the transition into this environment. From the Actuarial Research Clearing House 1992 Vol. 1 .