Mentoring Scenario 1

Description of the Problem

You enter graduate school with two full years of support from a fellowship awarded by your undergraduate institution. You easily find a faculty member to work with. At the end of the second year, the faculty member tells you that she will not be your thesis advisor.

Questions

What should you do?
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Was the behavior of this faculty member ethical? Why or why not? How is the behavior of this professor different from the assistant professor in Scenario 6? Can you design a faculty scenario for this situation that would make her behavior ethical? What should be the response of the department to this situation?