The concept of a gap year has expanded over the years. It used to be a year between studies, either before or after university, where young people can travel and work or volunteer as a way of making ...

Gap years are often life-changing experiences full of self-discovery. They allow young people to gain valuable real-life experience and expand their world views. Back in the early days of higher ...

When Luca Gwathmey ’28 first stepped foot on campus last year, 12 of the 18 members of his Bruno Leader group happened to be fellow gap-year students. “Off the bat, we had a shared maturity and life ...

The Conservative movement is relaunching its Israel gap-year program in 2026, after shuttering operations completely over a year and a half ago. The four-decade-old Nativ program was put on hiatus in ...

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 ...

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 ...