On a placement test in his senior year of high school, Ruben Ortiz found out he was not ready for college-level math. His counselor suggested a summer “bridge” program at El Paso Community College to get up to speed.
The five-week program helped Mr. Ortiz move up a level in math and avoid a remedial course in the fall. It also sold him on the college. Two years later, the 21-year-old, first-generation college student is about to complete his associate degree in computer engineering and transfer to the University of Texas at El Paso.
“It helped with the transition from high school to college—getting to know the college, the admissions process, financial aid,” said Mr. Ortiz, who later became a mentor in the program, offering the same kind of advice that he received as an incoming student. Without the summer bridge program, he said, he might have felt more…
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