Yale rescinds the honorary degree it awarded Bill Cosby

Even before the verdict more than 20 US universities had revoked honorary degrees from Cosby in light of the allegations

Associated Press

02 May, 2018

Yale is rescinding the honorary degree it awarded Bill Cosby, joining numerous other universities in revoking honors following the comedian’s sexual assault conviction.

Yale announced Tuesday that the university’s board of trustees had voted to rescind the honorary degree it awarded Cosby in 2003. The school says it’s committed to both “the elimination of sexual misconduct and the adherence to due process.”

Jurors in Pennsylvania convicted Cosby last Thursday of drugging and molesting a Temple University employee at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004.

Even before the verdict, more than 20 colleges and universities across the US had revoked honorary degrees from Cosby in light of the allegations against him. Others including Temple, Johns Hopkins University and Carnegie Mellon University revoked honors afterward.

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Atif Baig May 02, 2018 05:53pm

What a disgrace! Lesson for others..

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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad May 02, 2018 06:35pm

Too little, too late. Irreparable, irreplaceable and irretrievable damages have already been incurred

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jaredlee67 May 03, 2018 08:04am

These degrees don't carry much value anyways. And universities should not take away awards and degrees, they were conferred in the past, while the verdict has been delivered in recently. This is like saying that I respect you today, but tomorrow you cease to be a human being if you are convicted. What a shame. Universities think that people are perfect, no they are not. Will a university withdraw its degree from a graduate who get a conviction? No, because the graduate paid for his education and got the degree. So, why treat others differently upon who degrees are conferred voluntarily?

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