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Economic Woes Create a Silver Lining for Students and Parents
Submitted by Paul on Thu, 11/27/2008 - 13:02.
A recent article in the Miami Herald titled "Economic Downturn Forces Students to Rethink College", by Andres Viglucci points to the fact that families and students are looking for cost saving options to start college. The author says more students are applying to less costly in-state schools vs. expensive out of stat, and more opting for community college.
Like many articles popping up lately on the Internet, the columnist points out that students are DEFERRING college entrance to work for a year. This development reinforces the trend that college admissions offices have been reporting even prior to the economic crisis, and which suggests more and more students will be planning 'gap years' now and in the future.
Princeton's Gap Year Program Featured on WABC News.
Submitted by Paul on Sat, 10/11/2008 - 00:17.
News channel WABC from New York City recently interviewed a student from Princeton who deferred college for a year to work with school children in Thailand, and completed an internship at the world famous auctioneers Christies.
Fall 2008 Home School College Fair Features Gap Year Seminar Speaker
Submitted by Paul on Mon, 09/22/2008 - 20:07.
Ethan Knight, executive director of Carpe Diem International will discuss the benefits of a gap year between high school and college at the upcoming Pacific Northwest Homeschool College Fair in Bothell, Washington. Portland-based Carpe Diem offers three-month group semesters abroad to gap year students.
Demand for Student Gap Year Programs Growing
A Detour Before College May Be Your Best Decision
Submitted by Paul on Mon, 08/18/2008 - 22:42.
I recently read an article published in the Denver Post titled, Attention College Bound Seniors, by Ryan Brown. The author, a Duke University student, encourages high school seniors getting ready for college application process to consider a gap year before going straight to college. Ryan didn't take a gap year, but says she wishes someone would have told her it was okay to take time out between high school and college. She says, "think of the cool things you could do with a free semester, or year, like hold down a full time job, learn a language or join AmeriCorps."
Voluntourism Can be Expensive, but Valuable Experience for U.S. Students on a Gap Year
Submitted by Paul on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 22:38.
I just read an article Change the World-on Dad's Time, by Judith Timson, of the Toronto Globe and Mail. The article takes a humorous poke at the upper-middle class appeal of the voluntourism industry, yet rightly points out the positive personal impact international volunteering can have in the lives of students.
Casting Ballots Made Easier for Gap Year Students Traveling Abroad in November
Submitted by Paul on Tue, 07/15/2008 - 00:37.
According to a news release on our Gap News feed, Carpe Diem International, education specialists offering gap year programs to U.S. students, is the first U.S. Gap Year organization working closely with U.S. State Department to help students traveling overseas in November to cast their ballots.
The news release states, "the U.S. State Department reports that, 250,000 students participated in overseas programs last year. As many as 150,000 students are expected to participate in overseas programs during the 2008 Fall school term."
To support the growing ranks of U.S. students traveling on gap years before and during college,
Gap Year Golf Program Opens in Myrtle Beach S.C.
Submitted by Paul on Mon, 07/07/2008 - 15:01.
I read an article on our Planet Gap Year News Feed dated July 2nd about a native Irish couple living in Marco Island, Florida. They brought their passion for golf to the U.S. by opening a golf academy in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The academy offers a 9 month gap year program for students age 17-21 to train and improve their golf game, and compete at the collegiate level.
According to the article,"Islanders Open Golf Academy", by Marco Eagle Staff, Marco Island residents Peter and Helen Donaghy, formerly of County Tyrone and Dublin in Ireland, opened the Champions Golf Academy in Myrtle Beach, S.C. in April, with former PGA Tour Player Hugh Royer, III. Read more.
UK Gap Year Expert Says U.S. Market is 'Sleeping Giant'
Submitted by Paul on Mon, 06/30/2008 - 01:05.
Tom Griffiths, Founder of UK based Gapyear.com, the most frequently visited on-line resource for gap year in the world, was quoted last week in an article (picked up on Planet Gap Year's news feed): College can wait awhile- 'Gap year' catches on with students who want to gain life experience after high school , by G. Jeffrey MacDonald in a special for USA Today. Here Griffiths speaks about the U.S. market.
"The U.S. is viewed in our sector as the sleeping giant, with the potential to surpass the rest of the world in numbers and possibly spending within the next five years."
Gap Year Options Open to More U.S. Students Across Socioeconomic Spectrum
Submitted by Paul on Fri, 06/27/2008 - 00:14.
A June 5th article in the Pittsburgh Gazette, titled The Gap Year: More students broaden their experience of the world, by Mackenzie Carpenter, points out what I think is a very important development for the gap year movement within the U.S.: The gap year is starting to take hold with more and more students across the socioeconomic spectrum in the United States.
There was a time when taking a year out was reserved for a select group of kids from well to do families, but that isn’t the case any longer, as affordable gap year options are becoming more prevalent, and students are working to pay for their own gap years, and finding options that pay them!
The Gap Year Track: What is it, and How do I get on?
Submitted by Paul on Tue, 06/17/2008 - 12:51.
What's the Idea Behind Taking a Gap Year?
This blog is written especially for students, parents, and guidance counselors who want a better understanding of gap year, and to learn why a growing number of Independent Education Consultants are recommending a year out between high school graduation and starting college.
Even though the gap year is more widely understood in the U.S today, than say, five or ten years ago, we feel compelled to educate the masses, especially in the U.S. about this growing trend! "Gap year" is a term that refers to a prolonged period (often, but not always, a year) between two major life stages. Most gap years are taken pre- or during matriculation in a university or college, between college and graduate school and a profession.
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