Description: Panelists discuss the results of a survey of 59 responding companies about their student programs, how their own student programs are evolving with the changing actuarial-exam structure [with the Flexible Education System, FES, and the Future Education Methods, FEM], and how student programs might continue to change as the needs for actuaries evolve. Many questions and comments from the audience. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 2.

Description: Negotiation - it's not just for buying a car! Actuaries negotiate every day at work, whether it's getting buy-in to change a critical assumption or a more reasonable timeline to complete a project. This workshop will be led by an instructor specializing in executive education and will offer techniques you can use to be more effective in your day-to-day life.

Description: An article provides a report from the Society of Actuaries Board of Governors meeting in San Antonio, Texas, on June 14-15, 1994. Included are Board actions, particularly on SOA Bylaws, the establishment of the SOA Ambassador Program, and the creation of a heath Risk Adjuster research project.

Description: Announces the first major grant awarded to the newly formed Society of Actuaries Foundation to fund the development, production, and distribution costs for a major book on financial economic theory as it applies to the work of actuaries.

Description: In this article the authors review the book, The Elements of Business Writing by Gary Blake and Robert W. Bly, and highlight the basics of improving business writing skills.

Description: This article lists the winners of 16 research grants from the SOA, with recipients representing a wide range of expertise and geographic locations.

Description: This article highlights member survey results intended to assess the level of support for Society of Actuaries programs.

Description: This article announces 'The Actuary’s Career Planner,' prepared by The Society of Actuaries' Continuing Education Department and the Committee on Management and Personal Development. This is a notebook-style planner that presents a step-by-step approach to get an actuary from where he/she is to where he/she wants to be.

Description: This article describes the Actuarial Research Clearinghouse [ARCH] CD-ROM Project whereby the highlights of each Actuarial Research Conference [ARC] presentation are videotaped and then digitized and recorded on a CD-ROM. This disk is then used to develop a computer-based, user-friendly, multimedia summary of the highlights of ARC.

Description: This column for the SOA’s education department describes the ways professional development has changed and lists some of the new offerings.