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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: gap year

gap year stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - Colleges around the country are making it easier for high school graduates to delay college and instead put in a year or more of public service, the Christian Science Monitor reports. More than 80 schools have partnered with AmeriCorps to give students tuition credits in exchange for such service.... More »

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higher education • college • university • gap year • grants • matching funds • Princeton • public service • defer

Gap Year Gains Favor Among High School Graduates

Industry grows to help them put off college

Dec 30, 08 7:08 PM CST
(Newser) - As more high school graduates decide to take a so-called “gap-year” before college, a veritable industry has sprung up to offer these seekers advice on how to go about it, the Wall Street Journal reports. Given the increased popularity of a year off, which some educators advocate because... More »

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travel • college admissions • community service • gap year • college student • high school students • teenager

'Voluntourism' Feeds Profits, Not Mouths

Gap-year travelers waste their time and money, charity claims

Aug 14, 07 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - A leading British charity has blasted the new "voluntourism" industry as an amateurish scam, writes the Times of London. The vogue for gap-year travel to developing countries, where young volunteers pay for the privilege of teaching children or building homes does little good and enriches nobody but the travel... More »

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Prince William • Prince Harry • volunteerism • charity • volunteer • student • Voluntary Service Overseas • voluntourism • VSO • gap year • Britain

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