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Readers Tell Us: Is a Gap Year Worth It?

2017-04-22

By SONA PATEL Exploring new paths, figuring out a field of study to pursue in college or simply taking a break are just a few reasons high school graduates are taking gap years. We asked readers who have taken a year off from their education what they learned and what tips they have for those...

If It’s March, It Must Be Morocco: Why The Prefab Gap Year Fails Our Students

2017-04-22

By Sarah Madsen Hardy and Marisa Milanese College acceptance letters have hit inboxes, and another crop of all-above-average kids has eagerly grabbed the brass ring. But if you meet them a few months down the line, as we will in our first-year writing classes next September, it’ll be clear that some of them aren’t quite...

Dear Malia Obama, Thank You for Taking a Gap Year Before College

2017-02-14

Dear Malia, When you announced your decision last spring to take a “gap year” before attending Harvard University I was impressed and excited. It’s not easy to make a choice that goes directly against the prevailing norm, but you did. The momentum of the K-16 conveyor belt that shuttles kids from high school directly to...

Preparing Young Leaders

2017-02-03

Originally published in The New York Times on 2/1/2017. To the Editor: In “The Politics of Cowardice” (column, Jan. 27), David Brooks addresses high school and college students, and rightly so. Today’s young adults are especially vulnerable to the “mean wind” that’s blowing, but whether we allow them to get swept up in the gust...

Abby Falik, Founder and President of Global Citizen year, Joins Denver Frederick

2016-12-09

The following is a conversation between Abby Falik, Founder and President of Global Citizen Year, and Denver Frederick, Host of The Business of Giving on AM 970 The Answer in New York City. Denver: Many of us who went to college look back at those years as some...

How Taking a Gap Year Can Shape Your Life

2016-12-09

Looking back, adults who took time off before or during college say they have no regrets. By RON LIEBER OCT. 19, 2016 If your teenager is talking about taking a year away from the classroom between high school and college, you may have Malia Obama to thank for that. But if they’re not yet talking...

The ‘gap year’ not just for rich kids anymore

2016-09-23

Katie Couric and Yahoo! News released an incredible feature on Global Citizen Year! Check out the video below to see how we are re-imagining the ‘gap year’ as a launch pad for global citizens – and how top colleges are taking notice. By Katie Couric When the White House announced that Malia Obama would be...

How to take a gap year overseas when you’re not wealthy

2016-07-13

By Joanna Nesbit My first year in college, I was lonely, lacking direction and supremely worried about money. A first-generation student paying my own way, I had no idea how I would fund year two without subsisting on loans, even in 1982-dollar days. Quite simply, I yearned to travel the world, and three more...

Malia Obama is taking a ‘gap year’ before attending Harvard — here’s why that’s a great idea

2016-05-05

By Jeremy Berke The White House announced announced Saturday that Malia Obama will attend Harvard as a member of the class of 2021 — after taking a year off before her freshman year, otherwise known as a “gap year.” Gap years are gaining in popularity among American students, as the New York Times reports. For example, Harvard has seen a...