A Campus Revival for the Great Books

With help from the National Association of Scholars, 11 colleges have started programs

By SCOTT CARLSON

Boredom led Bruce M. Gans to start a Great Books program at Wilbur Wright College. He had graded too many student essays on abortion, handguns, and other "hot" topics.

"The student responses were full of cliches -- whatever the TV guy or their...