It is required at my school, Northwood University in Midland Michigan.
I read it over the summer and we also watched the movie "The Fountain Head"
I find Rand's objectivest Manifesto to be very interesting. It you look at the ARI publications there are a lot of liberal writings. I don't know what happened.
I attending private schools until high school but I lived in a very conservative town... Now I'm glad to attend a conservative college... Rare I know...