Joint Announcement on Future Education Methods

The presidents of the CIA/CAS/SOA have issued a joint letter to share news of and request member feedback on a proposal for developing future education methods.

http://www.soa.org/files/pdf/fem-letter.pdf

http://www.soa.org/files/pdf/fem-faq.pdf

http://www.casact.org/admissions/FEM-Expanded-FAQs.pdf

I encourage anyone who cares about the actuarial profession to write the Society of Actuaries before the end of the comment period on September 10.

ETA 8/16: For the record, I am most strenuously opposed to handing ASAs to college graduates without external validation through the existing exam system. My letter to the board can be found at http://home.comcast.net/~cscg/OpenLetterBoard.pdf.