Honorary Degree
Howard University announced that it is rescinding the honorary degree it bestowed on Sean “Diddy” Combs in 2014. The decision comes after video footage was revealed in May of the disgraced Hip-Hop mogul beating his ex-girlfriend and Bad Boy recording artist Cassie Ventura in a hotel lobby in 2016. On Friday, June 7, the Howard […]
As sexual assault lawsuits mount against Sean "Diddy" Combs, will Howard University revoke the honorary degree it bestowed upon him in 2014?
This morning, the Board of Trustees at UNC-Chapel Hill voted to revoke Bill Cosby’s honorary degree. He received the degree in 2003 at UNC’s commencement ceremony. He was the keynote speaker that year. Chancellor Carol Folt said that Bill Cosby’s “acts were so counter to our campus values that this prestigious honor is no longer […]
Fordham and Marquette Universities announced on Thursday they would be stripping Bill Cosby of honorary degrees the institutions had given to him in 2001 and…