From the early 1200s, when the first university opened its doors in Italy, the trend manifested itself towards the United States with Harvard University in 1600. Although the basic classroom consisted of a few desks, a teacher front and center, and little ones eager for recess and masters at avoiding eyes, it evolved heavily with great detail. “Changing the physical structure of a classroom is one way to alter the environment of a classroom… supporting the interactive environment of group work, which allows students to control their own learning and presents them with direct feedback in the process of learning." (Mary Ann Polityka.) Higher education classrooms now serve as rooms of learning and concentration. It may not seem like the basic settings of education and how students learn, but it has a great impact on each and every one of them. Whether it's an all-male, female, or both-sex college, all schools make it as comfortable as possible for both classmates and teachers. Every school of higher learning includes both male and female professors, young and old. From a cover story on male and female college professors, “…female professors should adopt masculine interaction styles to be seen as legitimate holders of authority despite their inferior feminine status.” (Laurel Richardson.) During the civil rights movement, all women fought for their rights, to be equal in the eyes of their father, husband, brother. Even though all men are equal, women still have to demonstrate that they have the abilities of their fellow professors. Furthermore, concluding that “…male professors, despite holding a position consistent with their status as males, ……… at the center of the article……rs E. "Class structures and student motivation: a study of the Delta project" . (1993): ERIC. Network. 11 April 2014.4. Segal, Carmit. “Classroom Behavior.” Journal of Human Resources 43.4 (2008): 783-814. ERIC. Network. 11 April 2014.5. Villar Angulo, Luis Miguel. “Assessment of Psychosocial Classroom Environments.” (1987): ERIC. Network. 11 April 2014.6. Bembenutty, Hefer. “A Latent Classroom Analysis of Teacher Candidates' Goal Orientation, Perceptions of Classroom Structure, Motivation, and Self-Regulation.” Online presentation (2010): ERIC. Network. 11 April 2014.7. Polityka, Mary A. “The Effects of Classroom Structure on Student Learning in Introductory Physics.” PDF. Department of Physics University of California, San Diego, June 15, 2001. Web. April 7, 2014.8. Nathan, Rebecca. My First Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 2005. Print.