Description: In this article, the incoming chairperson of Expanding Horizons addresses the section and talks about the section’s goals for the next year.

Description: This is an interview with the internationally renowned academic actuary, Hans U. Gerber. It is a part of a larger series called DISTINGUISHED ACADEMIC ACTUARIES, which introduces younger actuaries to the trail blazing actuaries that came before them.

Description: In this article, Ron Gebhardtsbauer discusses the recent Actuarial Research Conference and the section’s membership survey results.

Description: The chairperson discussed a number of Education and Research Section sponsored initiatives that are designed to support the strengthening the academic arm of the profession. Scholarships, Centers of Actuarial Excellence, and research prizes, among others were addressed.

Description: In this article, the chairperson addresses the section and discusses section activities.

Description: This is an image of an example table from a MS Access database.

Description: This article from the Chairperson discusses international actuarial notation and its shortcomings. From Expanding Horizons, June 2004.

Description: In this article, the outgoing chairperson thanks the section council and highlights two major activities: the Centers of Actuarial Excellence, CAE, and the Future Education Methods, FEM.

Description: Book review of Anthony Asher’s "Working Ethically in Finance: Clarifying our Vocation".

Description: Learning excellence is of value to both candidates and credentialed actuaries learning new areas. Learning mastery and excellence requires 1) use of executive function (EF), multiple brain areas, for example, verbal, formal (algebraic), computational, and geometric (rule of four), and 2) goal-setting, skillful breaking down of complex tasks into subtasks each of which are simultaneously 2a) clear and specific, 2b) achievable in a short time and 2c) challenging. 10 examples are presented illustrating use of the "rule of four" to achieve elegant solutions to otherwise complex problems as well as goal setting using fellowship-exam approaches, approaches to multi-component problems, and skillful use of databases as visual organizers. The material reflects a new approach to learning complexity that is easier to use than the pedagogic hierarchies and unifies them.