Description: Panel discussion from the May 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Colorado Springs covering developments in Education and Examination. Topics discussed included: 1. Goals, purposes and objectives of actuarial education in general, and the Society's Education and Examination E & E program in particular. 2. Critique of the current E & E system. 3. Plans for and future directions of actuarial education, including the role of the academic community.

Description: To become a member of the American Academy of Actuaries, an applicant must submit satisfactory evidence that he has met specified requirements in both education and experience. This panel discussions addresses whether or not the education requirement can be satisfied by means other than by passing specified examinations of the Society of Actuaries or of the Casualty Actuarial Society. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1970, Vol. 22, Pt. 2, No. 64.