Description: A student describes her experience attending an SOA Center of Excellence school.

Description: Reports on the Fifth International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics & Economics that was held at Penn State University July 23-25, 2001.

Description: This article gives a brief update on the recent activities of the E&R Section Council.

Description: Most discussions of actuarial education focus on 'what actuaries need to know'– the knowledge content. This is akin to discussing say mortality by considering just one relevant factor [perhaps age]. Reflecting on more than a quarter of a century teaching thousands of actuarial students in eight countries across many cultures suggests that a curriculum is much more than a list of syllabus topics and that a realistic model of student learning needs to acknowledge many more factors than just the knowledge content and the 'ability' of the student. This paper summarises what the author has learned about learning. From that basis it identifies some challenges for actuarial educators, especially in the areas of the development of students’ skills, the assessment of students’ learning and the 'shape' of actuarial education. The relationship between universities and actuarial bodies is also discussed.

Description: Susan Dentzer, editor-in-chief of Health Affairs, discusses health care and health policy.

Description: Society of Actuaries' Hong Kong Ambassador’s Report, discussing the primary objectives of the 1998 activities launched in China

Description: Discussion of the Clearinghouse Scholarship Program, which matches low income candidates in developing countries where SOA exams are administered with potential corporate or individual sponsors.

Description: This article discusses the successes and plans for the SOA’s University Outreach Program.

Description: Formal report of the Accreditation Implementation Task Force to the Board of Directors at its June 2005 meeting. This document contains general objectives of the task force, membership and structure information, and the group's strategic plan for implementing an accreditation program for actuarial science academic programs.

Description: CAE applying for UEC must demonstrate that skills related to AQ and EQ are appropriately incorporated and assessed across the program and that all degree-seeking students have access to those components. For each of the four learning objective areas in the worksheet, universities will provide a narrative that indicates what skills are incorporated into the program, the course(s) and/or program activities where the skills are learned, and a description of how students learn the skills indicated. See the UEC Guidance on AQ and EQ Education for additional information and examples.