University of Massachusetts trustees have voted to rebuke Robert G. Mugabe but not to rescind the honorary degree UMass presented to the Zimbabwean president in 1986. According to The Boston Globe, the trustees agreed that Mr. Mugabe has presided over the ruin of his country, but concluded that they needed to establish an official policy on revoking honorary degrees before actually doing it. The trustees acted in response to a petition by students at the university’s Boston campus. Two weeks ago, the University of Edinburgh, in Scotland, revoked an honorary degree it had given Mr. Mugabe in 1984. —Andrew Mytelka
June 22, 2007
UMass Trustees Decline to Revoke Mugabe's Honorary Degree
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