A gap year is dedicated time to explore who you are. It is not an indication you won’t return to further study.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has many students thinking about forgoing a year of college. A gap year specialist says many benefits flow from taking the academic break.
It’s time to recognise the difference between ‘deep’ and ‘shallow’ volunteering.
Many students are in the process of deciding whether to take a gap year – a year between high school and starting college. What does evidence tell us about taking a gap year?
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Director of Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement, Florida State University
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Study Director at the Institute for Survey Research, Temple University
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Lecturer in Marketing, Edinburgh Napier University
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VC Professoriate Research Fellow, Edith Cowan University
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Coordinator of the Gap Year Research Consortium at Colorado College, Colorado College
