{"id":306691,"date":"2026-07-27T16:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T16:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/306691\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T16:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T16:25:07","slug":"hochul-offers-ny-students-unenrolled-from-howard-spots-at-suny-or-cuny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/306691\/","title":{"rendered":"Hochul offers NY students unenrolled from Howard spots at SUNY or CUNY"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York students who were abruptly unenrolled from Howard University just weeks before the first day of school<\/a> will be guaranteed admission to SUNY or CUNY this fall, Gov. Hochul was set to announce Monday.<\/p>\n

Each student will also receive an $800 credit to help offset their non-refundable deposits at Howard, according to the governor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

\u201cHundreds of students, including New Yorkers, are scrambling and scared since they\u2019ve been disenrolled from their intended college just a few weeks before classes are set to begin,\u201d Hochul said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew York is home to the nation\u2019s finest systems of public higher education<\/a>, and we are ready to welcome these talented students with the opportunity they deserve. To every student who is worried that their educational future has been disrupted: New York is ready to support and empower you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Howard, a historically Black university in Washington, D.C., confirmed last week that it removed more than 500 incoming freshmen from its rosters after \u201cmultiple detailed communications\u201d since March to students and their families who missed key enrollment and financial deadlines<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The episode launched a social media frenzy, with students taking to TikTok and other platforms to share their experiences of being admitted to their dream school, only to have the rug pulled out from under them on the cusp of their first semester. Some incoming freshmen said they had been waiting on private scholarships and other financial aid.<\/p>\n

In recent days, Howard has re-enrolled dozens of students<\/a> as school officials continue to review appeals, according to reports. During a CNN interview on Sunday, Howard interim president Wayne Frederick said it\u2019s not unusual for colleges and universities to unregister students who miss key deadlines<\/a>, but that Howard had not been as strict about enforcing the cutoff until this year.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not clear how many of the unenrolled students live in New York, though school enrollment data showed the Empire State was one of the top states sending students to Howard<\/a> last year, second only to Maryland.<\/p>\n

While guaranteed admission only applies to New York residents, Hochul said out-of-state unenrolled Howard students interested in SUNY and CUNY can receive expedited late admissions review at campuses with open space.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe understand that the enrollment update \u2026 is difficult and disappointing for students and their families,\u201d read the July 23 statement from Howard. \u201cAs Howard finalizes enrollment for the Fall 2026 semester, which begins August 17, confirming enrollment is essential to planning academic programs, housing, financial aid, and student support services.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York students who were abruptly unenrolled from Howard University just weeks before the first day of school…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[67,85,267,9,24,264,11,10,12],"class_list":["post-306691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-education","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}