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Harvard bans professors from having sex with undergraduates
Associated Press ^ | Feb 5, 2015 7:01 PM EST

Posted on 02/06/2015 6:38:26 AM PST by Olog-hai

Harvard University has instituted a total ban on professors having sex with undergraduate students, strengthening language it said didn’t reflect its expectations on appropriate relationships between faculty members and students.

Harvard said in a statement released Thursday the change came as part of a formal review of its policy on Title IX, the federal civil rights law prohibiting sex discrimination in education.

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences Committee on Sexual Misconduct Policy and Procedures determined the university’s language on “relationships of unequal status” was not strong enough. …

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TOPICS: Education; Society
KEYWORDS: academicbias; harvard; naughtyteacherslist; professors; relationships; sexualharassment; sleepingwithteachers; undergraduates
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And the oldest college on this soil was originally founded for training of Christian ministers, too.
1 posted on 02/06/2015 6:38:26 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

That’s gonna be tough for these fine male specimens to keep away from all the good-looking-but-utterly-stupid liberal female students.


2 posted on 02/06/2015 6:40:45 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Olog-hai

Now if only they would put a stop to the more abstract form of pederasty that pervades academia.


3 posted on 02/06/2015 6:42:05 AM PST by oblomov (White privilege: the contemporary left's way of saying "the Jews".)
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To: Olog-hai

Now if they can keep them away from the sheep and goats in the 4-H barns.


4 posted on 02/06/2015 6:42:52 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Look! Snowflakes! We're all gonna die!)
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To: Olog-hai

Carl Sagan made quite the name for himself at Harvard before being caught and fired.


5 posted on 02/06/2015 6:45:07 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: Olog-hai

That was permitted till now??


6 posted on 02/06/2015 6:46:14 AM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Olog-hai

Well, there goes the GPA at Harvard! If not for the occasional tit-for-tat, I figure a good portion of the students wouldn’t even GRADUATE!

We will see how this bares out on the college as a whole.


7 posted on 02/06/2015 6:48:35 AM PST by ExTxMarine (Public sector unions: A & B agreeing on a contract to screw C!)
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To: Olog-hai

So what if your wife is a professor, and you decide to go to Harvard and get a degree? Does the sex stop?

(assuming it didn’t already after the wedding :^P)


8 posted on 02/06/2015 6:49:15 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: oblomov

Pederasty definition is for underaged having sex with adults. These students are not underage except for the few, pushed ahead geniuses.

I’m not saying it’s ok.....it’s just not pederasty.


9 posted on 02/06/2015 6:50:59 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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EThat’s gonna be tough for these fine male specimens to keep away from all the good-looking-but-utterly-stupid liberal female students.

Heh heh, I suspect with many of those teachers, it isn't the females they are interested in.

10 posted on 02/06/2015 6:51:15 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Gaffer

Not to worry, Graduate students are apparently still fair game.


11 posted on 02/06/2015 6:51:21 AM PST by glorgau
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To: Zuben Elgenubi
Carl Sagan made quite the name for himself at Harvard before being caught and fired.

Did he have "billions and billions" of Coeds?

12 posted on 02/06/2015 6:51:54 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Olog-hai

I foresee a sharp drop in GPA’s.


13 posted on 02/06/2015 6:53:45 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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I figure a good portion of the students wouldn’t even GRADUATE!

Really? You've attended Harvard and know this to be a fact?

14 posted on 02/06/2015 6:55:20 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: dfwgator

That is certainly true, too.


15 posted on 02/06/2015 6:56:07 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Well crap! I’ve withdrawn my application for a faculty position at Harvard. Does this rule also apply to administrators? I could modify the resume a bit... ya know.


16 posted on 02/06/2015 6:59:02 AM PST by FiddlePig
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To: Olog-hai
I guess that depends on the definition of what "sex" is


17 posted on 02/06/2015 7:00:49 AM PST by freedomlover
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To: glorgau

Yup...really should be ALL students.


18 posted on 02/06/2015 7:00:52 AM PST by rbg81
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To: Olog-hai

Well, there goes my plans to be a Harvard professor.


19 posted on 02/06/2015 7:01:58 AM PST by Lazamataz (With friends like Boehner, we don't need Democrats. -- Laz A. Mataz, 2015)
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To: Gaffer

The part where I see a problem is unwed sex, and/or having an affair with someone while they are a student in your class, because that is a conflict of interest. Otherwise, it’s not much of a problem when an adult man is married to a younger adult woman.


20 posted on 02/06/2015 7:02:02 AM PST by Morpheus2009
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