The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Question of Sex Between Professors and Students

An age-old problem continues to vex universities

By THOMAS BARTLETT

Like most institutions, Ohio Wesleyan University has long had a policy on sexual harassment, but it didn't have one on consensual sexual relations between a faculty member and a student. That is, until the fallout from one troubled liaison made headlines and left the campus reeling.

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