White House Joins Grand Challenge for Engineering

This is a brief post by the National Academies on how President Obama and the National Economic Council is creating a joint effort with the National Academy of Engineering in order to combat the joblessness rate of the country. Previous administrations did not necessarily listen to their economists, so now the unemployment rate is much higher than it has been in the recent past. The reason why I am writing on this post is because I am glad that the leader of our country and the Free World is using all the resources available to fix this economic crisis. Although much progress has been made, there is still more to overcome, mostly the unemployment rate. It is about time that the National Academy of Engineering has been called upon because every facet of the economy and industry is understood by one tract of engineering or another. Collectively, engineering is the most diverse industry, so it makes extreme sense to me that the engineering community has been called upon in this time of pain for many in the country.