Over the past decade, the Travelers Insurance companies have dramatically expanded their involvement in educational programs for students at all grade levels, from prekindergarden through college. Throughout the 1970s, the Travelers educational programs focused exclusively on providing speakers for career awareness programs for high school students. Since that time, however, the company has committed extensive resources to expanding its involvement in public education. The career awareness and summer employment programs were supplemented with the Travelers Minority Actuarial Program, a 6-year work-study program for high school and college students interested in pursuing actuarial careers. The company also established a weekly tutoring program in which third through sixth graders were brought to the company's home office cafeteria for one-on-one study sessions with employees. Because of its concern over the high dropout rates among disadvantaged students, the Travelers developed its Children's Caravan Literacy Program. In the program, a recreational vehicle that has been transformed into a mobile classroom visits Hartford, Connecticut, elementary schools to provide multimedia instruction in literature, reading, and critical thinking. The company is also involved in developing a Hartford Early Learning Partnership (HELP) curriculum that includes the use of computers and hands-on activities to help children learn through structured play; a bilingual program has also been started. (MN)