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To: bonnuss_in_austin who wrote (47176)	5/13/2002 8:36:08 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 82486

I think Neocon was at the least an administrator, but I could be wrong. I didn't spend the "better part" of my life in academe, but I spent the first 15 years of my working life there. And have taught occasionally in college courses since then. As to your "commonly known" claim, that, of course is silly. It can, of course, and does happen that sometimes people in positions of power or authority use that power or authority to obtain sexual or other favors. Heck, look at the example set by our former President. Happens in lots of areas -- jail guards, police officers, politicians, military officers, corporate executives at almost all levels, basically anyone with any sort of ability to provide something of benefit to another person. I doubt you can find any sort of statistic that shows it is more common in the academic world than in the corporate world, the military, or any other system involving positions of authority. Heck, for all we know SI Jeff may extract favors in exchange for giving the "right" decision on an administative issue. I have no reason to think it has ever happened, and it is certainly harder in an electronic environment than a physical one, but he certainly has power, and therefore has the potential to abuse it.

To: bonnuss_in_austin who wrote (47176)	5/13/2002 9:51:11 PM
From: J. C. Dithers	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

for using power to obtain sexual favors from their 'subordinate' students in exchange for "favorable" grades Totally unfair, BIA. Us professors feel we are being paid to educate students, and it is just that some are more broad-minded than others in realizing that there is a lot more to learn in life than just science, math, or business. Besides, universities place a lot more emphasis nowadays on providing customer satisfaction, and some students just can't earn good grades on academics alone. ;-))