Hi Aubyn,
Our college is in the process of constructing such a policy, and
we've had quite a ride. Policies at universities vary from subtle
discouragement to an outright ban. The latter view, which in my opinion is
driven by worst-case-scenario legalistic thinking, is becoming more common,
and seems based more on a business model. You might want to take a look at
the AAUP's website; they have something about this there.
IMHO, yes, there are certainly dangers involved in any dating
relationship across levels of the hierarchy schedule (we are concerned about
staff too, by the way). However, there are also costs to trying to police
such relationships, particularly since definitions and perceptions may vary
among institutions and even between the two people involved (i.e., what's a
date?).
> ----------
> From: Aubyn Fulton
> Reply To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 2:30 AM
> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
> Subject: Fraternization
>
> Aubyn writes...
> I suspect this may have been well covered in the past on this list - if so
> someone can just refer me to the archives and I will go searching...
>
> We are working on a faculty-student "fraternization" policy on our campus
> (currently we have nothing in writing). The most recent draft would
> prohibit
> dating relationships between faculty and students when there is a
> "relationship of authority" (e.g. registered as a student in a class,
> advisee, supervisee or employee).
>
> Two questions: 1. Would a policy as described above generally be
> interpreted
> as prohibiting a dating relationship between a faculty member and a major
> in
> a teacher's department if they were not registered for a class from that
> teacher? (I suppose we should state explicitly what our intent is, but for
> now we are interested in what most readers would assume from the general
> statement). 2. It has been represented to us by some presenters that most
> colleges/universities now prohibit all dating relationships between all
> those paid to teach classes and anyone registered to take classes at the
> institution. Does such a blanket prohibition seem more common than the
> more
> targeted prohibition described above?
>
>
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