Howard University says that it helps students face exceptional education sales after several complaints shared on social networks that they have been returned unexpectedly for previous semesters to school.
The university has increased to a new student platform, which prompted at least 1,000 students to be informed that they still have to tuition fees for semesters dating back to two years in some cases. Some of these students posted their grievances with the university on social networks, collecting millions of views. Although some students said they were blind with a new student debt, Howard said that students had the sales throughout the sales.
Many publications on social networks have led to thousands of dollars to help students resume their studies after some have declared that they could not continue in Howard without paying the debt.
In a statement published in NBC News after publication Thursday, Howard University said that students’ accounts had been delayed between January and June. The University also said that students had been informed of data transfers between October and November. Earlier, the University told NBC News that the breach of information was only between May and June.
In a previous declarationThe university said that half of the accounts that have taken on them had been “resolved due to students’ payments, financial assistance or payment agreements and appeals are lifted on their accounts”.
Howard University also said that it would offer virtual and in -person office hours to help students.
Alexis Rodriguez, a junior studying studies in political science and Africana, said that she had noticed that she owed $ 15,000.
“I have no financial security nets. I just fight to stay registered. ” Rodriguez told NBC News. Before Rodriguez could reach the financial assistance office to obtain aid, she was informed that her foreign language scholarship had been canceled due to federal budget cuts and that she had lost her position as a resident assistant and her housing allowance due to the school fees due.
“Students at risk of homeless have no time to wait for a system to understand things,” she said.
A crowdfunding campaign for Rodriguez has collected nearly $ 7,000 for its objective of $ 10,500.
Makiah goodman biology student published Several videos, Who collectively won more than a million views, after learning that she owed several thousand dollars more than what was listed on her account in February 2025, which was at the start of the one month’s breakdown. She collected more than $ 4,000 for the $ 6,000 she needs to continue attending Howard.
While some students were able to resolve the differences in tuition fees with the university by themselves, others try to collect the necessary funds together. A collective of nearly 150 students at the center of crowdfunding efforts created the Instagram account @Whosehowardisit And keep a list of students who still need funds to pay the sales with Howard.
Nursing student Taliana Singleton, of the Instagram account, told NBC News that the students on the list are “only a fraction of those who needed help”.