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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... »
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 »
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. »
Many gap year students willing to bring parents along
Nearly one in four gap year students taking time out before college are taking their parents with them on their travels, according to an article in the UK’s Daily Mail. Of 3,000 gap year students polled, 750 said they would prefer the comfort and stability of their parents joining them abroad. “If my mum and... »
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