Well, it had to happen.
In a time when higher ed is under attack for the alarming number of sexual assaults on campus, do you really want a person who is being accused by dozens of women of sexual assault as a pitchman for your fundraising efforts?
As Bill Cosby might have answered in his very first comedy album that launched his career: “Right!”
It’s the sarcastic response. The correct answer is the opposite.
But before it did the right thing, the University of Massachusetts Amherst reportedly agonized over cutting ties with Cosby.
Last week, as a few more accusers stepped forward about Cosby and his alleged sexual m.o. (girls, drugs, unwanted sex), I wondered on this blog how much longer schools would look the other way as Cosby remained silent on the matter.
I suggested it was time for Cosby to address the issue. And then maybe he could seek refuge in the academic world where his dollars have been the lifeblood for many a school.
