While the class is geared toward undergraduate students in the university's business school, the Fed will post videos and transcripts for the public to view online. Bernanke already has a long history in academia. Before he joined the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors in 2002, he taught economics at Princeton University. Under his leadership, the once secretive Fed has tried to become more open with the public. Bernanke started giving four regular press conferences last year, and just yesterday, the Fed gave more insight into its planning tools than ever before. Fed forecasting breaks new ground For the first time ... (full story)