Description: It is an interview

Description: A typical course has some "hard" parts. These "hard" parts are the places where weaker students begin to fail, lose interest, and give up. The paper introduces a metric by which to evaluate each course topic. High metric values indicate "hard parts" of courses. The paper recommends spending more course time on hard parts and less course time on easy parts. The paper also recommends using disclosure: Tell students - this part of the course is "hard" and they may feel uncomfortable which is why more time is being spent on it." This approach to hard parts works! Failure rates are significantly reduced, while retention, satisfaction, and student scores improve.

Description: A short article from the Expanding Horizons newsletter, issue 26, published in April of 2003 that details the treasurers report for the E&R Section.

Description: Blurb in the Expanding Horizons newsletter from December 2004 that talks about the minutes of the E&R Section Council meetings.

Description: Table of Contents for Expanding Horizons, January 2006.

Description: This is a brief summary of the Education and Research sessions from the 2006 SOA Annual Meeting. From Expanding Horizons, November 2006.

Description: The Education and Research Section representative, Chuck Fuhrer, reports on the E&R sessions for the spring 2007 Life and Health meetings. From Expanding Horizons, November 2006.

Description: These are the remarks from the Chairperson. From Expanding Horizons, April 2007.

Description: This is the Education and Research Section Council Notes Conference Call–January 9, 2007, 11:00 a.m. (Central). From Expanding Horizons, April 2007.

Description: This article presents an introduction to the international Actuarial Association. From Expanding Horizons, April 2007.