Howard University Unenrolls 502 Freshmen Over Unpaid Balances, Restoring Some Classes
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Updated · WJLA · Jul 23
Howard University Unenrolls 502 Freshmen Over Unpaid Balances, Restoring Some Classes
3 articles · Updated · WJLA · Jul 23
Summary
Howard University said 502 first-time students were notified they had been unenrolled for fall 2026 because their accounts did not show required enrollment and financial obligations by deadline.
Multiple notices went out from March through July, the university said, but students including Isabella Williams said scholarship money was still pending or unanswered when the removals hit weeks before classes.
Williams said her classes were later restored, and some other students also regained schedules, but she said hundreds still lacked enrollment access and she could not reach the school by phone.
Howard's 2026-27 tuition is about $37,996 a year, and the dispute has spread through incoming-student group chats and social media as families press the university to resolve scholarship-related cases.