Colleges
Economic concerns curb study abroad
With the economic flagging and money tight, fewer students are enrolling in study abroad programs, a new report found. Almost 60 percent of schools and study-abroad programs surveyed by the Forum on Education Abroad in September saw lower enrollment this year compared to before the economic crisis started. The Forum’s Survey on the Impact of... »
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... »
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... »
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 »
Australian university offers gap year option
Australia's University of Canberra is offering incoming freshman the option of deferring classes to take a gap year a part of a formal program that allows students to earn academic credit by demonstrating that their year off was a learning experience. »
Colleges offer students 3-year programs
Some forward-looking colleges, responding to a a range of issues from the down economy to the high cost of attending university, are offering students the option of graduating within three years. »
Princeton Bridge Year students report back
Princeton University students are reporting on their adventures from the field, as they participate in the school's inaugural Bridge Year program. The program website features dispatches from reaches far flung from the New Jersey campus, including India, Ghana, Peru and Serbia. »
Overbooked College Pays Students to Take Gap Year
After over enrolling by several hundred students this year, Ithaca College in New York is paying students to take a gap year. »
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