Each of those people has a unique story to tell, whether of personal integrity, razor-sharp quantitative skills, ethical accountability or community engagement.

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"In this environment, if you don't have the quantitative skills, there's not much to sell yourself on, " says James Finnegan, editor of the Financial Engineering News.

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The school beefed up its recruiting effort in China three years ago, said Dean Mark Zupan, after recognizing that the Chinese education system's focus on quantitative skills would provide a good grounding for students in its finance-heavy programs.

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Staff reflection and analysis of test scores, however, revealed that students had reached a plateau in the development of quantitative reasoning skills.

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It examined three types of literacy prose, document, and quantitative and measured skills ranging from finding information in a simple text to understanding and using printed materials at home and work.

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