Last year Lebron pledged $41 million dollars to send 1,100 kids to college without them having to worry about any financial burden. James’ foundation previously secured full scholarships to University of Akron for all kids who complete his “I PROMISE” program and fulfill some other requirements. Yesterday he announced the establishing of the “I PROMISE institute” on the campus of Akron to give them the tutors and support necessary to ensure they graduate college. James’ inaugural class of third graders are now in eighth grade. The institute will be in place by the time the kids begin college. According to Lebron himself, the kids won’t be the only ones going to college as he plans on taking classes himself.

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“I’m signed up at the University of Akron for whenever I’m able to get a little bit of down time. That’s always been a conversation that took place to take some college courses, take some classes,” he said. “So right now I just do a lot of reading, book reading, and obviously I’m around some really good people that I kind of take their knowledge and sort it into my mind.”

Lebron’s schedule obviously makes it impossible for him to be your average college student and commit to getting the work done but it’s still great he has intentions to be there right along side the kids he helped get there.

As far as what he would be studying, it seems history will be his choice.

“I love world history, just the history of how everything was put together. I love that part of things, and people that founded the world, made this world such a beautiful place. I’m pretty fond of that,” James said. “I love when I go around, obviously every summer traveling places, and it’s kind of unique to see how we kind of built things. Who kind of ruled places at certain points of time. It’s pretty cool.”

H/T Slam