SENCER in Africa. (News and Information).AAC&U's Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER SENCER Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities ) and Program for Health and Higher Education (PHHE) projecrs collaborate with the American Association for the Advancement of Science American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), private organization devoted to furthering the work of scientists and improving the effectiveness of science in the promotion of human welfare. and the pan-African NGO, African Women in Science and Engineering (AWSE AWSE Armament Weapons Support Equipment AWSE African Women in Science and Education (Nairobi, Kenya) ), to improve undergraduate science education through a curricular focus on HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. disease. "Retrofitting" ideas of liberal education into the traditional universities is a significant challenge. In Fall 2002, SENCER's visiting scientist, Dr. Marion Field Fass of Beloit College, traveled to collaborating campuses in Kenya and Tanzania. Her Web site, http://Beloir.edu/~fassm/AfricanUniv, provides background and details on this important project undertaken in partnership with AAC&U members in the U.S. and Africa. |
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