Taking a gap year helped me to grow and become surer of myself, to become more multicultural, and to add to my love for learning languages.” — United Planet long-term volunteer alumnus Isabella BOSTON ...

The concept of a gap year has expanded over the years. It used to be a year between studies, either before or after university, where young people can travel and work or volunteer as a way of making ...

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For University of Dayton alumna Sophia Bair ’23, graduating didn’t mean the end of her education, nor the Marianist charism on which it was founded. Instead, she found a way to continue both in the ...

During a gap year—the time you take before enrolling in college—you might travel the world, volunteer or gain work experience. There’s evidence that students’ interest in gap years has increased ...

Taking a "gap year" before college may be out of the ordinary in the United States, but it is fairly common in other areas of the world. In fact, gap years in many European countries to travel or work ...

The Conservative movement is relaunching its Israel gap-year program in 2026, after shuttering operations completely over a year and a half ago. The four-decade-old Nativ program was put on hiatus in ...

Students can potentially use a gap year to strengthen their scholarship applications. Carrie Pallardy has more than nine years of experience writing about a range of topics, including healthcare and ...