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AROUND ACADEME

Accredited colleges listed on Web
A new Web site (www.ope.ed.gov/accreditation/) lists almost 7,000 schools that take part in federal student-aid programs, which require colleges to be accredited by an education department–approved agency. The federal government hopes the list will prevent students from spending money on degrees from fraudulent universities known as “diploma mills.”

Schools that are not on the list, but are still legitimate institutions, include foreign universities and some religious colleges that do not participate in federal aid programs.

Zambia offers free anti-AIDS drugs
In response to the large numbers of faculty dying from AIDS in recent years, the University of Zambia will provide free anti-AIDS drugs to HIV-positive faculty and students, as well as local residents and other university workers. Approximately 16.5 percent of Zambia’s population is HIV-positive, one of the lowest infection rates in the region.

The university hopes that many more people will be tested for HIV as a result of the program.
—Susan Myers Smith
 
 


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