Article: The Gap-Year Advantage: Helping Your Child Benefit from Time Off Before or During College

Article: A 'gap year' before college: Is it a good idea?
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  December 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... admission. For families considering a gap year, here are useful books suggested ... College Admission Counseling: "The Gap-Year Advantage: Helping Your Child Benefit From ... by Gail Reardon. "Taking a Gap Year," by Susan Griffith. "But ...

Article: Should you take a "gap year"? For many students, taking a ...
Careers & Colleges;  September 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... has served her many times since. The Gap Year Advantage Taking time off after high school--known as taking a gap year--may raise the eyebrows of many ... European countries have embraced the gap year," says Christine Richardson, director ...

Article: Is a 'gap year' before college a good idea?
Capital (Annapolis);  January 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... admission. For families considering a gap year, here are useful books suggested ... College Admission Counseling: "The Gap-Year Advantage: Helping Your Child Benefit From ... by Gail Reardon. "Taking a Gap Year," by Susan Griffith. "But ...

Article: The Credibility in Your Gap Year.
U.S. News & World Report;  August 28, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... have done it claim that taking a gap year helped them reapply to a college ... But Rae Nelson, coauthor of The Gap-Year Advantage (St. Martin's Griffin), cautions ... professionals don't recommend doing [a gap year] just to position yourself ...

Article: CHINA CLOSING TECH GAP WITH S. KOREA.
AsiaPulse News;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... advances to close the technological gap with South Korea in mobile telecommunications ... By sector, the technology gap in mobile phones, both in code ... Korean companies with a one-year advantage over their mainland rivals in ... and 10 years over China. The gap in car parts stands at 3.5 ...

Article: China closing tech gap with S. Korea in mobile phones, ...
YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... advances to close the technological gap with South Korea in mobile telecommunications ... By sector, the technology gap in mobile phones, both in code ... Korean companies with a one-year advantage over their mainland rivals in ... and 10 years over China. The gap in car parts stands at 3.5 ...

Article: Productive steps to close the gap; Dr Richard Hutchins of ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  April 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... do in order to close its productivity gap of pounds 10 billion - has seen the biggest ... in West Midlands manufacturing. Each year, Advantage West Midlands alone spends pounds 45 million ... closing the pounds 10 billion productivity gap, will come to nothing. This column is ...