At the same time that technological revolution is underway, important demographic and
socio-political changes are taking place throughout the world. Emigration patterns have brought an
explosion of new peoples into various locations in recent decades, and many countries are now
more racially and ethnically diverse, more multicultural, than ever before. This creates the challenge
of providing people from diverse races, classes, and backgrounds with the tools and competencies to
enable them to succeed and participate in an ever more complex and changing world