Editorial: Cross the Bridge program provides needed support for incoming college students

Editorial: Cross the Bridge program provides needed support for incoming college students

Students who head off to four-year universities often struggle during their freshman terms. They just aren’t ready for the challenges of self-discipline, self-reliance, new environments and demands of college life. San Rafael’s Dominican University of California has come up with a program to help college-bound students get over that bump. Its three-day, mid-summer Cross the Bridge program hosted 20 local high school students – 11th- and 12th-gra…