The ethnic population in the Northeast has undergone substantial change in the last few decades. Asians, Latinos, and Arabs alone represent more than 10% of the general population in the Northeast (US Census 2000). In New York City, approximately 60% of the students in public schools have at least one foreign-born parent. For the first time since it's establishment, non-Latino Cauc in ABE/GED/ESL > Sciencewith agriculturebotanycropsplants