Howard Unenrolled 502 Students — Here's What Happened

Black Box Theory Podcast · Jul 31, 2026 · 5m · transcript

Imagine showing up ready to start your freshman year and finding out you're no longer enrolled. In this clip we get into exactly that.

Malcolm and Thomas break down the situation at Howard University, where a reported 502 freshmen were unenrolled over unpaid financial obligations — what it meant for those students, the financial implications, and the alternatives and next steps they're left with. From there they zoom out to the bigger picture: what this says about the money pressures HBCUs are under, and why it should be a wake-up call for how these institutions handle financial practices and…