Post by Logan on Apr 10, 2016 17:53:50 GMT -6
HONOLULU — The University of Hawaii revealed a new policy Tuesday that bans faculty members from having consensual romantic relationships with students in their classes.
It comes amid a national trend to prohibit professors from dating their students at schools including Harvard, Yale and Arizona State University. Many universities created the policies as the federal government urged them to boost efforts to prevent sexual assault on campus.
The Hawaii rules emerged after the school’s president created a group to review university policies across the country. The policy bans dating or sexual relationships when there is a “clear power differential” and says enforcement will be on a case-by-case basis.
“I am very pleased that we were able to convene a group of people to address something that should have been done a long time ago,” University of Hawaii President David Lassner said.
Read more: www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/state/university-hawaii-bans-professors-dating-students
It comes amid a national trend to prohibit professors from dating their students at schools including Harvard, Yale and Arizona State University. Many universities created the policies as the federal government urged them to boost efforts to prevent sexual assault on campus.
The Hawaii rules emerged after the school’s president created a group to review university policies across the country. The policy bans dating or sexual relationships when there is a “clear power differential” and says enforcement will be on a case-by-case basis.
“I am very pleased that we were able to convene a group of people to address something that should have been done a long time ago,” University of Hawaii President David Lassner said.
Read more: www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/state/university-hawaii-bans-professors-dating-students