Following the news that Bill Cosby could face criminal charges for allegedly sexually assaulting more than 30 women, two more universities have decided to cut ties with the once-beloved actor. Tufts University in Massachusetts will rescind the honorary degree of arts it awarded Cosby in 2000 along with an award for excellence in children's media in 2011, Huffington Post reports. Meanwhile Goucher College in Maryland said it would withdraw the honorary degree awarded to Cosby when he spoke at their commencement ceremony in 2001.
Goucher President Jose Antonio Bowen condemned Cosby's actions:
Tufts and Goucher join a long list of schools that have severed ties with Cosby in the wake of mounting allegations against him. Previously, Fordham, Marquette, Baylor, Lehigh University, and Wilkes University pulled degrees awarded to Cosby, and he resigned from the board of trustees at Temple University in December.
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