I tend to agree with a less radical, more circumspect approach to this. I think we have a problem walking the fine line between protecting and infantilizing the students in constructing these policies. I am not sure what right the institution has to monitor and forbid such relationships, if at all. I remember being told at a CSU-Fullerton adjunct faculty orientation that we should not look around for potential dates among our fellow faculty - in any department - (not the students, but the faculty) - a suggestion to which I immediately had an MYOB reaction. I figure that if such a situation arises in the nexus of my personal and professional life, as an adult I should be trusted to make decisions about how to handle it. Although the student/employee - faculty "dangerous liaison" is somewhat different, it has some of the same dimensions also.
 
Nancy Melucci
Long Beach City College
Long Beach CA
 
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