Whether they're still hanging on an office wall in Africa is unclear, but the three honorary degrees conferred on Zimbabwe dictator Robert Mugabe have been revoked.

This summer, UMass revoked a degree it granted to Mugabe in 1986- a time when Mugabe was largely seen as a great leader and a man of peace. Last year the University of Edinburgh in Scotland rescinded an honorary degree it had awarded Mugabe.

And on Friday Michigan State University, the only other institution of higher ed to honor Mugabe with a degree, rescinded the award.

To wit, Insider Higher Ed reported: Michigan State University’s board voted Friday to strip Robert Mugabe,  president of Zimbabwe, of the honorary degree he received in 1990, The Lansing State Journal reported. Mugabe was once widely admired, but has been increasingly
criticized worldwide as a tyrant.

As criticism has grown, students and
others have pushed universities that once honored him with honorary
degrees to rescind them. Wilbert Gwashavanhu, political counselor at Zimbabwe’s embassy to the
United States, told the Associated Press: “If they want to revoke that
honorary degree, he probably doesn’t even remember it.... He has worked
for his country. He’s a national hero.”

Honorary degrees are rarely revoked. Mugabe's dishonor at UMass was the first in the university's history. But I say they couldn't have picked a better guy to set this precedent.