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• Why Michigan pays assistant football coaches $1 million each
• How Money From Slave Trading Helped Start Columbia University
• Free College Movement May Reduce Student Borrowing
• Minecraft Education Edition version 1.0 adds features for teachers and students

Why Michigan pays assistant football coaches $1 million each Posted: 25 Jan 2017 01:45 PM PST The University of Michigan will become the first public educational institution to have three assistant football coaches earning salaries of over $1 million annually. College football coaches – even assistant coaches – routinely make much more than college professors. State universities have long reported high salaries for employees of their athletic departments.

How Money From Slave Trading Helped Start Columbia University Posted: 25 Jan 2017 11:06 AM PST The revelation last year that Georgetown University had, in 1838, sold 272 slaves owned by the school in order to pay off debts reignited a conversation about how America and its old, elite institutions of higher education have continually failed to reckon with their ties to slavery.

Free College Movement May Reduce Student Borrowing Posted: 25 Jan 2017 07:00 AM PST The 44 million Americans who already owe $1.3 trillion in student loans are warily watching higher education costs , knowing they'll likely be still repaying their own education debt when it comes time to put their kids and grandkids through college. In recent weeks, both New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo unveiled bold plans to make public college more affordable. The proposal before New York's legislature would make two to four years of state and city college tuition free for Empire State residents earning less than $125,000 per year.

Minecraft Education Edition version 1.0 adds features for teachers and students Posted: 25 Jan 2017 06:45 AM PST Minecraft Education Edition now has all of the features added in the 1.0 update. That means you can visit The End, but it also adds a number of educator-specific tools that should come in handy.

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