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A 4 page overview of the boundary problems that are inherent in relationships between students and professors. Using an October 1, 2003 article titled "Love on Campus: Trying to Set Rules for the Emotions" (written by Sara Rimer and published in the New York Times) as a basis for the discussion, this paper delves into the professional literature on boundary issues to more fully explore this problem. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Regulating the personal aspects of individuals lives can be difficult at best. This type of regulation is particularly
difficult when it targets the emotional aspects of life. There is a certain likelihood of romantic relationships developing any time two people are placed together. College campuses are
not immune from this phenomena. Romantic relationships on campus do not just emerge between students or between academic staff, however. They sometimes emerge between students and staff.
Relationships between students and professors are not uncommon to say the least. Society has a difficult time dealing with this type of relationship because college students are still considered
by many too immature to reason out the retributions of such a relationship and because professors are charged not just with educating their students but with protecting their best interest
overall. The problems that emerge are discussed in detail in "Love on Campus: Trying to Set Rules for the Emotions", a recent article by Sara Rimer. They are
discussed in many arms of the professional literature as well. The issues that emerge in such relationships are the same issues that emerge in therapeutic settings, for example.
They are referred to as boundary issues. Reamer (2003) notes that boundary issues revolve around conflicts between the completion of professional
duties and "social, sexual, religious, or business relationships". Williams (1997) expresses concern that boundary violations can include such actions as "hugging, dining with, self-disclosing personal information or feelings to,
making house calls to, exchanging gifts with, engaging in non-sexual socializing with, or lending books to patients during treatment". It is not difficult to envision these types of issues
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