Howard University Taking Scholarships...

ChangeTheGame
Sat, 03 Mar 2018 12:01:14 +0000

I think we can all agree that Howard University has some issues and what they did with scholarships hurt some students. The money has definitely been cut to some extent but there is some still out there (member of family is a current freshman who received income based Capstone scholarship worth 32K). The full scholarship my daughter is in line for has an income limit ($150,000) before they have a clause that then makes the family pay 25% of tuition costs. The socio-economic status and class warfare statements are always used to divide us, but there is unused outside scholarship money every year for those who work/hunt/fight for it (even those of us without need). If Howard was not such a special place for the students, I think even more students would have moved on to other schools (NC&AT is a growing juggernaut without the National rep, yet has none of Howard’s big issues is a good example). Howard is definitely not a fake brand but a brand with some damage, and with 10,000 students, a brand (The Mecca) worth fixing. Despite all of issues Howard has, my freshman family member who complains about Howard also swears by the school as life-changing and could not imagine being anywhere else. The school must do better (transparency, renovation of buildings, communication from various offices, fixing its finances) and the alumni of HBCUs in general need to do better with donating our time, our talents, and our treasures to our schools.