Should universities ban teacher-student relations?

Yama (China)

Although the law has not banned romantic relations between university teachers and students, they should not be encouraged. In my university there is a rule that states that markers are not allowed to have a 'conflict of interest' so if a professor is involved with a student then the professor cannot judge the student's work as it would be seen as a conflict of interest. In the US, universities like Harvard, Yale and UC Berkeley have similar rules that forbid faculty members from having relations with their students.

The gate of Nanjing Audit University. Nanjing Audit University recently issued a rule that the teachers and student relations would be banned. [Photo/IC]