Had a convo the other day about "making a real life wakanda" and 1 person said if u wonder how wakanda would turn out, take a look at the state of hbcu's

And since then, I saw stories abt
-hampton univ students protesting the administration, over bad housing, bad campus maintenance, bad food, etc
-Bethune cookman president is suing the previous president, and the staff is petitioning the board of trustees to resign over mismanagement
-and now this at Howard, just straight robbing season smh

Obviously the schools that are doing good don't make the news, so take the wakanda/hbcu bit with a grain of salt.
This post may be used to discuss Howard, HBCUs, or thieving ass thieves. Story below-

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During briefings and public statements on the University’s fiscal health, Dr. Frederick has repeatedly said that the Office of Financial Aid is in about $9 million of debt, which he attributes to students’ failure to pay their tuition. At no point did the President in any public forum admit that the debt was in part due to his own staff’s theft and misallocation of funds.

The embezzlement was allegedly first discovered by a student employee, Chase*, who noticed that the office was dispersing refund checks nearing $100,000 in a single aid year. Federal law and financial aid policies limit the amount students can receive to the cost of attendance budget. In 2017–2018, this amount was just $43,501 according to Howard University’s website.

“I noticed irregularities in the type and amount of grants that were being awarded. And then I noticed that all of these grants were being awarded to my colleagues,” Chase said.
Phony grants were allegedly created and awarded to financial aid employees who were also registered for University courses. In some cases, these employees qualified for tuition remission and therefore weren’t charged tuition for their classes. Despite this, they still received large grants and scholarships that exceeded amounts generally awarded to normal students. These grants almost always exceeded legally allowed amounts.

In 2013, for example, the Associate Director of Financial Aid, Brian Johnson, received tuition remission, and despite this, also received “University Need Based Grants” totaling $35,400 one year and more than $68,000 the following year. These grants are intended for low-income students who are in desperate need of assistance and in danger of having their education disrupted by their inability to pay. The grant amounts usually range between $2,000 to $5,500 a semester. A current financial aid employee described the amount awarded to the former Associate Director as “unprecedented” and “illegal.” Total aid received by the Associate Director neared $200,000.


The rest (They got screenshots & all) -
The school has not publicly acknowledged the incidents nor apparently pressed charges or attempted to recover any of the money


https://medium.com/@veritas1867/howard-university-officials-stole-nearly-1-million-in-financial-aid-funds-records-show-65a3c7d1b08


medium.com/@veritas1867/howard-university-officials-stole-nearly-1-million-in-financial-aid-funds-records-show-65a3c7d1b08

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we talking about US in here.

My brother said "As long as my son doesn't go to an HBCU I will be happy"

I was like damn..

then he told me about 2 family members who went to HBCU's on scholarship and were left ass out when it came to housing and tuition. Just a shit show when it came to regular info you should get from a college when on full scholarship.

sure, it happens other places but.. we talking about HBCU's in here.

This shit is wrong as hell.

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

Going back to his "real life Wakanda" idea, Wakanda is Black people who weren't enslaved, disenfranchised, attacked daily, etc etc. That's a horrible comparison to a people who need collective therapy.
So in short, it definitely matters what "they" are doing (and have done) because it's been done to us.

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Days like this I miss Sha Mecca

from news stories to an oddly high amount of stories from friends who have been fucked over by the schools.

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https://twitter.com/tojupessu_/status/971428166337286144

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It's hard to believe that low level staff could get away with this

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done by the state's auditors (if the state isn't catching stuff, it probably isn't just the public hbcu that's in crappy shape). If they're private they probably can hire any firm...of course then you have the internal auditors, but how independent are they?

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istration by school police annually for goin off on em in the financial aid office
(literally every year.....cept when i came back for a semester after dropping out)

i ain't gonna put this solely on hbcu's but as long as money is involved...someone is getting screwed
scamming knows no bounds


which is reason#1655446845848754 college should be absolutely free

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just need to put that out there....

Aggie Pride!!!!

You stay classy okayplayer!!

"Get ready....for your blessing....."

"Get ready....for your blessing....."

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

happen is if Oprah buy a big ass island, set us up proper, and be queen for life


aint no other niggas we could trust lol

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

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One Hundred.

We all know about presidents misusing funds to renovate offices vs fixing up "da caf", etc


But come find out Ms Gladys in the bursar office just writing herself a $25,000 check and stuffing it in her bra? Not Ms Gladys!

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Cuz often
-bammas be hiring they unqualified cousins and aunties
- the systems/ processes are outdated, or they bring in new software but nobody knows it well enough
- the colleges themselves get scammed by contractors
-high president/senior admin turnover and a new "vision"/ direction every 5 years

And that same stuff happens at other small schools that got financial issues.

But that's not this. This ain't even skimming off the top. Its more the cashier at the bank dropping your deposited check into her purse, and then asking for the next customer. Straight stealing.

Like, How could the school try to sweep this under the rug? Keep it in house to save embarrassment? Send over the squad from the Physical Plant to break some legs?

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bunda
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YOOOUUUUU KKNNOOOOWWWWW!

I pay them enough to be able to say that.

Anyway, it’s a damned shame. That’s probably one of the reasons why they opted to have such large incoming classes in back-to-back years. Either they wanna make up for the deficits created by the fraud or they wanna make more money. Regardless, someone, high enough in the chain, been knowing about his.

and they listed the changes so this won't happen again


http://www.complex.com/life/2018/03/howard-university-fires-6-employees-over-embezzlement-scheme?utm_campaign=complexmag&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_post


Should I still be shocked at how fast a story can move in 2018?

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If life is stupendous one cannot also demand that it should be easy. - Robert Musil

Not that Spelman is perfect...The admin is a bit better than most HBCUs and that's a major reason why the school has the largest endowment out of all HBCUs. They have held on to the No. 1 spot in the U.S. News & World Report's HBCU rankings year after year. (Yes, I know rankings don't really mean shit but still).

I almost went to Howard, my first HBCU love, but I decided against it midway through the pre-orientation I attended after my high school graduation. I think I was Blackburn when I knew I'd needed to take my little ass to the AUC.

I only applied to Spelman and Howard. Got into both. Couldn't make up my mind so I sent in two nonrefundable security deposits to hold my spot.

I visited Howard in late 2016 and was taken aback by the condition of the business school bathrooms and the crappy quality of the student newspaper, The Hilltop. Wasn't always like that. ;-/

On another note, I hate how some HBCU grads normalize the administrative dysfunction that is stereotypically associated with HBCUs.

They'll be like, "The administration is terrible but the adversity you experience will prepare you for the real world."

They put a positive spin on that shit rather than address the issue at hand.

Um, no.

Fix.that.shit.

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i wouldnt be mad at that

rwanda-style majority woman cabinet
michelle O as prime minister



were u a journalism major? i cant imagine the school newspaper having any impact on my college decision


as for normalizing dysfunction, unfortunately that is a hundreds' year old black folk coping mechanism, across all avenues and ventures. "the strength in the struggle", etc.
but yea agreed, once it bled over from 'a way to survive when dealing with/under systems that we cant control', to 'a way to overlook and not demand better from the systems that we do control', then we got bigger problems.

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Genocide.


>i wouldnt be mad at that
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Rest In Peace, Bad News Brown

that ain't wakanda

not we ain't gonna share
not you can't have our resources

literal

WE UP HERE, YOU DOWN THERE

man i miss them

they had the LIVEST parties

RIP

Morris Brown had long term issues...

As easy as it is to go at Howard, I’m not wishing that on anybody...

I was a student at A&T when Morris Brown lost their accreditation...that was crazy...had a few classmates that transferred from there...

I hope this isn't the tip of the iceberg. Hopefully this story isn't any deeper. Sometimes one problem comes out and then it snowballs as more and more comes to light.

Morris Brown was fresh on my mind because I had just finished reading an article about it. I don't want that to happen to any HBCU. It should be the example of how badly things can go when people start to get funny with the money.

https://twitter.com/CoriC_FOX5DC/status/979542969362583552

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

I said it up there that this had to be bigger than what’s been reported so far.

Now we see where some of the money went. Niggas nigged and now their asses need to fry.

where he denied he stole anything. *SMH*


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and they called my parents. They’re always scamming or being straight up incompetent. I’m just glad to see the studebts protesting. Apparently, they’ve occupied the admin building for over 24 hours. Pretty dope.

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https://www.essence.com/news/tyrone-hankerson-suing-howard-university

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