Born in Beijing, Andrew Hsu spent his teenage years harvesting cotton in remote China while trying to get his hands on English books to satisfy his hunger for learning.He grew up during China's Cultural Revolution, a political movement launched in 1966 by Communist leader Mao Zedong that led to a decade of national chaos and nearly 2 million deaths.After Hsu earned his diploma in hydraulic engineering from Beijing's prestigious Tsinghua University, he came to the United States and the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he earned his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering in 1986."I've always wanted to help other people with their education," he said, "and this is one of the best places in the country to do that."Last May, he was installed as president of the College of Charleston in South Carolina. His goal, he says, is for the college to offer an innovative liberal arts program with a strong technology component.Hsu sat down with VOA's Student Union to talk about higher education, and let us know that he learned English in the mountains of Shanxi Province in China by listening to Voice of America's "Learning English" programs on his shortwave radio.This transcript has been condensed for clarity and brevity.VOA: You believe more women should be in engineering, and that one of your missions in the school is to expand your liberal arts program to include more technology, with the push for more women to get involved with that. Please explain that, and why you think it's so important.Hsu: The City of Charleston has really become an international destination for manufacturing and for high-tech industry. In fact, we have 250 software companies, many of them startup companies, and some of them well-established software companies here in the city.And we also have Boeing, Bosch, Volvo, Mercedes-Benz — so many international manufacturing companies here.So as a public institution, we do have the responsibilities of training the workforce for the local economy, and that is why I believe that we need to expand our programs to include engineering.Diversity is extremely important for any company in order for them to develop products that would make sense not only for men, but also for women. And so, it's really important to have engineers that are from diverse backgrounds — men, women, minority. And that's what we're aiming for.Our campus is 65% female. So, our hope is that if we have engineering programs, which we will ...