Today there is a resurgence, and the University is drawing students from all over the area to read, think, write and talk about the great ideas of western civilization. And now, the Basic Program of Liberal Education for Adults is the premier institution in the country for adults to think about the classics. Our students include waitresses, woodworkers, bankers, doctors, housewives and poets.
Many students come from across Chicago.
Mich. And the students are not whom you might expect. She traveled east through Siberia to Kobe, Japan, giving birth to her only daughter along the way. For the past five years she has studied in the Basic Program. All have joined together to discuss the Great Books with a depth of experience the typical college student doesn't yet have. I mean, I have one of those, and it didn't enrich my life the way this has.