“…Interpretation of Kegan's Bridge Metaphor integrated with Dewey's (1916) Ideas of Active Learning (as cited in Blimling, et aI., 1999). Kegan's (1982; constructive-developmental approach has been successfully utilized with community college students (Gabb, Tinberg, & Weisberger, 2011;Tinberg & Weisberger, 1998), and his theory,joined with the bridge metaphor and notion of active learning (Blimling, et aI., 1999;Dewey, 1916), is important to this study and the concept of the Ultra Transfer Program for two primary reasons: First, in the traditional use of the theory, it is important for college faculty and staff at both the two-and fouryear institutions to recognize that students will enter at varying levels (or orders) of development. For these students to succeed, their ways of knowing and making meaning should be recognized and respected.…”