Common Gap links high school graduates to paid jobs at startups as an alternative to attending college.

Since the pandemic upended students’ educational paths, more and more young people have opened their minds up to taking a gap year between high school and college. Taking time off felt natural for ...

Most people have heard the spiel about gap years. It usually goes something like this: “Everyone should take a gap year! It’s a way for you to experience the world, explore your interests and yourself ...

As others were packing their bags and preparing for their first days of orientation on College Hill, Ifadayo Engel-Halfkenny ’27 was flying to Atlanta. Instead of coming to Brown with the cohort of ...

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 ...

We’re two admissions leaders working to reframe how families and institutions think about the gap year. I’m Carol, a former college admissions dean with more than 20 years in higher education, and I’m ...

This is a question I never asked my children when they were applying to college. But now I recommend parents consider posing this question as their children contemplate life after high school. I ...

The paid 12-month course is aimed at under-25s, with plans for the scheme to grow to 1,000 young people a year.

Young people in Britain will soon be offered the chance of a “gap year” through a new paid program in the armed forces, the government announced Saturday.