Jenny says Eva was a smart kid who showed talent for playing weiqi , or chess, but born into a family that emphasized literature and liberal arts, her early aptitude for math and science was largely overlooked.

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How intrinsically different is that from education in the West where girls are often funneled into the liberal arts and boys are encouraged to progress in math and science?

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This may provide some comfort to parents who have recently sent in deposits and are worrying about the futility of a liberal arts education versus more practical degrees in engineering, computer science or say, nursing.

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L.A., and show greater improvement, than students majoring in non-liberal-arts fields such as business, education and social work, communications, engineering and computer science, and health.

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And billionaires that did finish their bachelor's degrees are equally likely to have studied liberal arts and then risen through corporate marketing or sales departments as they are to have studied hard science or engineering.

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