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Getting a U.S. passport for gap year travel
Americans planning to take a gap year abroad will almost certainly need a valid U.S. passport. If you’ve already got a passport…congratulations. Make sure it will be valid for the entirety of your adventures abroad. If you’ve never had a passport or your passport has expired, it’s time to shake a leg. Below is a... »
US may allot $120 million for study abroad programs
The US government will allot $120 million for study abroad programs, if a bill intended to send a million more students abroad by 2020 passes congress. The Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act, named after the late senator who originally proposed the legislation, would provide grants to students, colleges and nongovernmental institutions. It currently authorizes... »
A Different Path for a High School Graduate
I needed to do something different. After eighteen years of following the standard American path, I felt an intense desire to break it and take a gap year before college. A gap year, although not part of the typical American teenage trajectory, is gaining popularity—especially among Jewish teenagers. I am thankful that a large... »
US Gap Year Fairs 2009-2010
A number of schools around the United States are holding gap year fairs during the 2009-2010 school year. The fairs in the following list were sponsored by Dynamy Internship Year and Thinking Beyond Borders, two New England gap year programs, but attract a range of organizations that offer programs or services for students and... »
Women twice as likely to study abroad
Female college students are almost twice as likely than male students to study abroad because the are influenced differently by their backgrounds, academic environments and social interactions, a study by University of Iowa researchers found. The researchers surveyed 2,800 students at 19 two- and four-year U.S. colleges participating in the Wabash National Study of... »
Forget the gap year, these Yale students took gap decades
These are not your typical gap year students returning to college: a 44-year-old military veteran; a former hockey pro with 15 years in the game; a leading AIDS activist. But thanks to a small program at Yale University, known as the Eli Whitney Students Program, these erstwhile and future professionals are among the students... »
Student earns gap year money selling Christmas goodies
A British gap year student over the weekend opened a Christmas stall to raise money to travel around the world, according to the Hertfordshire Mercury. Bob Millward, 18, from the town of Hertford, opened a stall with his mother in the Hertford market on November 14 that will sell Christmas decorations, knick-knacks and handmade Christmas... »
Wiley publishes new gap year planning guide
Kristen White, the director of New York-based Darien Academic Advisers, a college admissions consulting firm, has written a guide for American students considering taking gap year, titled The Complete Guide to the Gap Year. »
Cornell students report on gap year adventures
Cornell undergrads who deferred college for a year told the University newspaper that the time away from school was time well spent. »
Expert suggests grads take a break in flagging economy
Gwyeth Smith, a college admissions consultant and former high-school guidance counseler from New York, tells his clients that college-bound students should take a year off before starting classes »
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