502 students lose spots at Howard University over tuition payments just weeks before classes start

A’Zariah Miles’ dream of attending Howard University was a few weeks from being realized. Then it all came crashing down.

Miles, 17, of Knoxville, Tennessee, is one of more than 500 incoming first-year students at Howard who learned this week that they have been unenrolled from the prestigious, historically Black Washington, D.C., university and no longer have spots for the upcoming fall semester that begins Aug. 17.

Many have taken to social media — some in tears — to share their stories. Some posts have gone viral…

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