Colleges Extend Admissions to Welcome Students Unenrolled by Howard University
“I’ve invested too much into going to that university to give up now.”
Hundreds of Howard students were unenrolled over a missed payment deadline. This is what some schools are doing to help them.
The Associated Press reports:
Some schools are extending admissions for students unenrolled by Howard University
Days after Howard University notified hundreds of first-time-in-college students that their spots for the upcoming semester were no longer being held, other colleges and universities are stepping up to fill the gap for students who are scrambling to find other options.
Keana Johnson is one of them.
The 17-year-old was looking forward to starting classes next month at Howard University as the next step on her educational journey and a way out of the New York City shelter where she lives. She told The Associated Press Tuesday that she may consider the University of the District of Columbia in Washington, which is extending its undergraduate application deadline to Aug. 7. She’s also looking into historically Black colleges and universities in the South, but realizes her options are limited and time is running short.
“I will still love to go to Howard,” Johnson said. “I’ve invested too much into going to that university to give up now.”
Howard, one of about 100 historically Black colleges and universities in the United States, said Friday that it notified 502 first-time-in-college students that their spots for the upcoming semester were no longer being held. The school said the students had not met deadlines for enrollment and financial obligations.
Howard also said students who believe their accounts did not reflect their financial standing should contact its financial aid office and that “each case will be reviewed individually to determine whether adjustments or reinstatement are appropriate.”
Howard University has not responded to an AP request for the number of unenrolled students reinstated or the status of cases being reviewed.
Johnson said she has emailed the school multiple times for answers she’s yet to receive. “I called every single office there is a number for,” she added.
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It’s true! I drove by the ASU campus yesterday and saw the new banner on top of the admin building that says NO CREDIT CHECK REQUIRED!
Maybe it’s just me, but I feel that people who have demonstrated they can’t follow directions, even after receiving reminder emails from the university, and can’t make payments in a timely manner, may not be the best candidates for acceptance into a university in the first place.
Maybe a career in the service industry would be more up their alley.
I agree. It’s best looked at as a measure of the desperation of those other colleges.
It’s sad for these students but if you don’t pay the fees they have every right to rescind the offer. Howard isn’t a public school and it isn’t cheap.
So… more of the “They whined, so we have to help them!” malarkey.
Doesn’t make me think highly of those colleges, at all. Lower, in fact, than I think of Howard.
Another article I read indicated that at least some of the students it was their financial aid that was late. One student said she had enough scholarships and financial aid lined up to pay more than what she owed Howard for her first year but the scholarships were not going to pay Howard until August. It seems if you accept scholarships and financial aid from whatever institutions they come from then you also should accept their payment schedules since that is not something the students have control over.
This lackadaisical approach to deadlines and other requirements imposed by the need for orderliness and predictability would only be continued as these young people pursued their worthless degrees in grievance studies and other time wasters.