IEF SITES APPROVED:

Two additional universities will host insurance education institute programs next summer, one in Arkansas and one in Mississippi. According to the Insurance Education Foundation (IEF), the University of Central Arkansas was approved to host its first Insurance Education Institute in June 2004 at its Conway, Ark., campus. The institute will follow the traditional two-week format where participants reside on campus while completing this intensive training course. Mississippi State University, Starkville, will host its first Insurance Education Institute in July. Mississippi State is piloting a new format, which will consist of an online segment that will provide a basic introduction to the topics in the three weeks preceding the one-week, on-site segment. All institute programs are a three-credit hour, graduate-level insurance training course for high school teachers, counselors and administrators, community college instructors, and graduate students. They are funded by grants from IEF through the insurance industry, which cover all expenses for the participants, including tuition, room and board, and educational materials, with the exception of travel. The course is designed for educators who teach insurance either as a specific course or as part of another subject. IEF will again fund in 2004 its institute programs at Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, in June; St. John’s University, New York (Manhattan campus) in July; and Illinois State University, Normal, Ill., also in July.