Romance in the Ivory Tower: The Rights and Liberty of Conscience

by Paul R. Abramson

Book Overview

Should the choice to engage in a faculty-student romance be protected or precluded? An argument that the right to choose a romantic partner is a fundamental right of conscience, protected by the U.S Constitution.

Allen Ginsberg once declared that "the best teaching is done in bed," but most university administrators would presumably disagree. Many universities prohibit romantic relationships between faculty members and students, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026251592X
• ISBN13: 9780262515924
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher