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• U.K. Government to Drop Feminism From School Classes
• CSU revokes Bill Cosby's honorary degree
• California university revokes Bill Cosby degree
• California university system revokes honorary Cosby degree

U.K. Government to Drop Feminism From School Classes Posted: 21 Nov 2015 03:51 PM PST Teenagers studying politics in the United Kingdom next year will learn about liberalism and civil rights and study philosophers like Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes. Nearly 40,000 people signed a Change.org petition demanding the U.K. Department of Education redraft the syllabus for A-Plus politics courses (advance courses for 16- to 19-year-olds) to include feminism, like it has in previous years. The existing syllabus include an entire section on feminism, including sex and gender, gender equality, and patriarchy.

CSU revokes Bill Cosby's honorary degree Posted: 21 Nov 2015 10:30 AM PST The Board of Trustees of the California State University has voted to revoke the honorary Doctor of Letters degree awarded to Bill Cosby in 1992 on behalf of California Polytechnic University, Pomona.

California university revokes Bill Cosby degree Posted: 20 Nov 2015 07:01 PM PST A California university has joined a growing number of schools in stripping disgraced US comedian Bill Cosby of his honorary degree over the sex scandal engulfing him. "Cosby's conduct is contrary to the values of the California State University and inconsistent with the criteria and high standards that honorary degree recipients are expected to exemplify," the university said in a statement. Cosby, once one of America's most beloved actors, has seen his reputation destroyed as some 50 women have come forward to accuse him of sexual assault.

California university system revokes honorary Cosby degree Posted: 20 Nov 2015 05:30 PM PST POMONA, Calif. (AP) — The California State University system has become the latest to take back an honorary degree from Bill Cosby.

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