Article: Taking a break? ; Whatever be your reasons, there are certain challenges that you will have to face when you take a gap year. To begin with, you must be taking it for the right reasons.

Article: Gap year: time off, with a plan.(postponing ...
Occupational Outlook Quarterly;  September 22, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... lives. This transitional period is often called a "gap year." A gap year allows people to step off the usual educational or ... future. And according to people who've taken a gap year, the time away can be well worth it. This article ...

Article: The Gap-Year Advantage: Helping Your Child Benefit ...
Career Planning and Adult Development Journal;  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...The Gap-Year Advantage: Helping Your Child Benefit from Time Off Before ... Major Headings from Table of Contents: Reality Check; The Gap- Year Tradition; The Seven-Step Gap- Year Plan; Gap- Year Options; Logistics; What to Expect ...

Article: students: mind the gap year.
Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  March 5, 2008 ;     700+ words ...students: mind the gap year Critics suggest that it is simply a ... third-level education. Although the gap year is not nearly as popular here as in ... toilets in a remote part of Chile on his gap year. As a volunteer for the charity Raleigh ...

Article: Princeton and York University launch Gap Year ...
M2 Presswire;  April 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Princeton and York University launch Gap Year programmes(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:29042008 As demand for Gap Year experiences grows in the U.S. and Canada ... have become the first to launch specific Gap Year Programmes. As cultures and economies ...

Article: You don't have to be royal to reap the rewards of a gap ...
The Independent - London;  January 25, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... the most famous teenager to take a gap year in Britain. His exploits in Chile ... for themselves, say many within the gap-year industry. There is disquiet about the way that the media portrays the gap year. Rather than promoting it as a chance ...

Article: Make sure your gap year makes a difference; Deborah ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  August 18, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... preserve of the rich and famous, the gap year is becoming a must-do for school and ... recent online survey carried out by gap year specialist STA Travel revealed the number of students planning a gap year has risen by 5% since 2004. Of the ...

Article: Gap year students to be offered a taste of the ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  November 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... the unique opportunity of taking up a gap year commission with the Army. Motivated young ... taste of the military way of life. This gap year, however, is mainly suited for those ... successful they will do four weeks completing Gap Year Training at The Royal Military Academy ...