Most romances and affairs tend to happen where you spend
this most time and with the type of people that you spend most of your day with.
This makes sense because; when do you have time to meet other kinds of people?
Academia is no exception, we know of the stories of the distinguished professor
dating a series a Teaching Assistants or Research Assistants, seems to be
usually the professor is male.
The question here is: has this ever been legal as far as
university rules? Surely it is not the ethical thing to do considering the
multiple possibilities of conflict of interest, but this story I read today
caught my eye.
“UConn Bans
Student-Professor Romance”
“Romantic undergraduate student-professor and undergraduate-staff
relationships are now banned at the University of Connecticut. The university’s
Board of Trustees unanimously approved the new policy this week, The Hartford Courant reported. Graduate students also
are prohibited from dating faculty in some cases where the relationship could
be “exploitative,” such as when the student is a teaching assistant for the
professor. Violation of the policy could result in termination of employment”.
“UConn had been working on drafting a policy for about a year, but
its absence of a stance against such relationships came into focus in July
following allegations that Robert Miller, professor of music at the Storrs
campus, visited dorms and had sex with students. The allegations emerged during
investigations by several law enforcement agencies and the university into
separate allegations that Miller was a pedophile. Miller is on paid leave but barred
from the university pending the ongoing investigations. No charges have been
filed”.
What are your thoughts?
Dr Flavius A B Akerele III
The ETeam
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