Intercultural Competence Past, Present and Future: Respecting the Past, Problems in the Present and Forging the Future

In an era of intense global mobility, intercultural competence emerges as an even more critical expertise of the transnational individual. After all, intercultural competence has been linked to positive development in the social, cultural, psychological, and linguistic domains-or, in other words, essentially to a holistic development-for the individual Furthermore, as institutions of higher education continue to see increased diversity on their campuses, intercultural competence plays an essential role in preparing local and global communities to understand, respect, and celebrate difference.