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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