Article: Make sure your gap year makes a difference; Deborah James examines the highs and lows awaiting students who want to see a bit of the world before plunging into work or academic life.(Features)

Article: Perspective: How to bridge that gap; Hundreds of thousands of ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  June 14, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... t the case a few years ago but today universities ... a problem with gap years. 'We accept candidates ... with and without a gap year,' says Dr John Ash ... during and after your gap year. Offers insurance ... travel side of gap years. www.yearoutgroup ...

Article: 'Gap-year' grannies taking longer breaks.(News)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  June 25, 2001 ;     434 words ..."GAP-year grannies" are joining youngsters in taking ... also find themselves bumping in to 30-40 year olds who constitute the "career breakers ... had expected to find that students take gap-year breaks before or after they go into further ...

Article: US posts $11.3 bln budget deficit in Oct vs $26.3 bln gap ...
FWN Select;  June 11, 2001 ;     618 words ... ... deficit recorded in the same month a year ago. * * * Government receipts in October ... 135.1 billion, up 11.6% from a year ago. Spending totaled $146.4 billion, down 0.7% from the previous year. Forecasts for the October budget deficit ...

Article: The Gap-Year Advantage: Helping Your Child Benefit ...
Career Planning and Adult Development Journal;  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... student resumes. The Gap-Year Advantage offers ... Nelson's combined 40 years' experience in the ... young adults. The Gap-Year Advantage outlines ... who have taken gap years are sprinkled throughout ... student contemplating a gap-year experience might ...

Article: students: mind the gap year.
Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  March 5, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Harpur says the gap year is growing in popularity ... enormous benefits from a gap year. They might not have ... Harpur believes gap years are often looked upon ... it will only last a year. There is a danger ... education at all.'' Gap-year students who want ...

Article: Princeton and York University launch Gap Year ...
M2 Presswire;  April 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... who wish to take a gap year. Their aim is to ... Interest in gap years in North America is ... who have taken gap years before them. Universities ... of constructive gap years and monitored the ... which formalise the gap year, bringing it into ...

Article: You don't have to be royal to reap the rewards of a gap ...
The Independent - London;  January 25, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... with the image of gap years is that it seems to ... and director of the Gap Year Company. "Students dream of gap years. They think it is ... Employers now see that gap years are an ideal time ... The message of the gap-year industry is that a ...