President Touts Need for 10k New Engineers Annually

Citing the lower-than-average unemployment rate compared to other jobs during the Great Recession, along with the workforce need for increased numbers of engineers in the future, President Obama set the national goal of graduating 10,000 new engineers yearly.  The President asks corporations to partner in the effort through promoting STEM education, offering students incentives for completing the necessary education, and funding university programs, thus reducing the need for federal assistance to reach the benchmark.  http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217624/Obama_We_don_t_have_enough_engineers_