AP —
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.
After Miles learned she had been unenrolled, her mother, Kendra Miles, said the school’s automated system would not allow the family to enroll in a payment plan because the amount that was owed made them ineligible to sign up.
