A Brooklyn school backed by Jay-Z said students could graduate debt-free. Now they're buried in it.

[KingsOfKings]

Ramsey Khalifeh
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Justice Stephenson had recently graduated high school in Brooklyn and was questioning whether to take a gap year abroad or enroll in college when she received a text message from an unknown number that provided her answer.
“I tried to reach you by phone. Roc Nation School at LIU is awarding you a full tuition scholarship. You will receive full tuition and be able to graduate without debt,” read the message from LIU President Kimberly Cline.
“It felt too good to be true,” Stephenson said. But her mother urged her to seize the opportunity to pursue what seemed to be a free degree in vocal performance. LIU was offering a “Hope Scholarship,” which the university says it awards to “highest-need” students.

A Brooklyn school backed by Jay-Z said students could graduate debt-free. Now they're buried in it.

A dozen scholarship students at LIU-Brooklyn's Roc Nation school say they unexpectedly owe the university thousands of dollars.

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[The Dust King]

its the roc

 

[Lord Beasley]

Roc La Scamilia

 

[Hum Alistair]

damn

 

[Awesome Wells]

That school has like 300+ students.

Sounds like 12 students are dumb. That's life.

That ain't on Hov.

 

[Metal Face]

It's Hova Da FRAUD

 

[Motife43]

From reading the article, sounds like they were misled

“I am pleased to share that you have been awarded a Hope full-tuition scholarship… This scholarship, combined with financial grants will allow you to graduate without debt. As a Hope scholar, you don’t have to worry about tuition charges,” the email read.

It was a full TUITION scholarship, they were still on the hook for room, board and fees. I had that kind of scholarship in grad school

 

[Yehuda]

 

[TheRtist]

its a hard knock life.

 

[the cac mamba]

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

Not worse than Kanye school.

 

[DontEemTry]

Not worse than Kanye school.

That's not saying much. Running a school properly isn't easy at all. I heard some disappointing news about Lebrons attempts at this as well.

I think you absolutely need to hire very experienced people at the management level first, I bet these nikkas skip this step

 

[dontreadthis]

That school has like 300+ students.

Sounds like 12 students are dumb. That's life.

That ain't on Hov.

kids got written communication saying they'll be able to graduate debt-free and enrolled and still had mad debt? how's that make them dumb??

 

[Awesome Wells]

kids got written communication saying they'll be able to graduate debt-free and enrolled and still had mad debt? how's that make them dumb??

Because it covers TUITION, not additional costs like housing and other fees away from tuition. The other 288 students read that. The dumb 12 didn't.

Reading is fundamental.

 

[No1]

Because it covers TUITION, not additional costs like housing and other fees away from tuition. The other 288 students read that. The dumb 12 didn't.

Reading is fundamental.

While this is true - it’s also a misleading communication.