Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Sewanee administrators, faculty urge regents to rescind Charlie Rose’s honorary degree

From ENS-

Top administrators and faculty members at Sewanee: The University of the South are recommending that the university rescind journalist Charlie Rose’s honorary degree in the aftermath of a sexual harassment scandal, and they are pushing for new procedures to guide reconsideration of such degrees after they have been awarded.

The University Senate – which includes the vice-chancellor, provost, chaplain, deans and all full professors – voted unanimously Feb. 26 to approve an advisory motion asking Sewanee’s Board of Regents to revoke Rose’s honorary degree. The regents had decided earlier this month to let Rose keep the degree.

No official statement was immediately available from the Board of Regents. A university spokeswoman said the regents may be called together at any time by the chair to consider the Senate’s motion.


More here-

https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2018/02/27/sewanee-administrators-faculty-urge-regents-to-rescind-charlie-roses-honorary-degree/

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