Teacher-Student Affairs Are Banned by College
Affairs between professors and undergraduates have been banned at the College of William & Mary, where a former instructor caused a furor by writing a GQ magazine article about his romance with a student.
The ban imposed by the school’s Board of Visitors is “an important statement of professional ethics,” said Provost Gillian T. Cell in Williamsburg.
Previous policy only required professors to tell their bosses if they were involved with a student they were teaching or supervising. College spokesman William T. Walker Jr. said six violations had been reported since that was adopted in 1991.
Faculty members who violate the rule could face dismissal, but exemptions may be granted “in exceptional circumstances.”
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