Harvard training college teachers on black history
Every semester, Cheryl Carpenter tries to think of new ways to introduce Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God" to her college students.
Month: July 2011
InfoComm 2011 reveals the future of AV technology
The 2011 InfoComm conference and exposition, the nation’s largest trade show devoted to the audio-visual (AV) industry, in June brought more than 33,000 people to Orlando, where several…
New classroom furniture facilitates 21st-century instruction
Those bland, standalone classroom desks arranged in neat rows could become a relic of the past, replaced by stylish tables and chairs with built-in power sources and wireless…
Audio innovations that sound intriguing for schools
Innovative new speakers, public address systems, and sound amplification systems that make it easy to set up and control the audio in classrooms and other locations were among…
‘Green’ AV systems a key area of focus at InfoComm
From lampless projectors, to control systems that automatically turn off electronic devices when they aren’t in use, to “network monitors” that bring the concept of network computing back…
Companies reduce barriers to school video production
Many schools are building high-quality video production studios to give their students valuable experience in recording, mixing, and producing live video broadcasts. Using professional-grade video equipment in these…
7 California students arrested to test immigration policy
Seven illegal immigrant students arrested in a Southern California street protest say they're now waiting to see if they'll be deported in a test of the Obama administration's…
Easy A: Study finds 43% of grades are A
A new study by an outspoken critic of academic grade inflation finds that 43 percent of all letter grades issued by professors today are As, reports the Washington…
Students’ dream professors
On Thursday, as we at HuffPost College sat reminiscing about our winsome college years--as we tend to do--we came upon an intriguing question: If we could study with…
Bollinger discusses higher education, freedom of press (Video)
Lee Bollinger, president of Columbia University and author of "Uninhibited, Robust, and Wide-open: A Free Press for a New Century," talks about higher-education costs and the journalism industry.