NEW PROGRAMS ON CAMPUSES TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT AIDS
Colleges in the New York area, faced with mounting student and parental concern over AIDS, have started programs to teach students and staff members about the disease. Some college officials began the programs after students or teachers contracted the disease, but most say they are acting because they are sure there will be cases. The colleges report they are also working to set policies on such issues as whether AIDS victims will be allowed to remain in dormitories and whether other students in the dorm will be told of the victim's illness, problems that are now handled on a case-by-case basis. The officials said educational programs could slow the spread of the disease, acquired immune deficiency syndrome. They also said the programs might allay what they see as irrational fears of AIDS that have led on some campuses to incidents of harassment of homosexuals, the group most likely to contract […]
Source: By JONATHAN FRIENDLY