Gap Year

On my most recent trip to Israel this November, I had the opportunity to spend Thanksgiving with the Conservative movement's Nativ gap-year program. ❋ Joshua Bloom (2012)

On an October afternoon, when nature leads residents of the Northeast out of the warmth and deep greens of the summer, into the brisk air and the reds and browns of the autumn, I visited a diverse group of individuals who were participating in The John Jay Institute's 2011-2012 Fellows Program -- a faith-based gap-year program which seeks to cultivate leaders for careers of principled service. ❋ Charles Howard (2011)

William and Harry, who was still doing his gap-year service in Lesotho, immediately flew back to the United Kingdom for the funeral of “Gran Fran,” Frances Shand Kydd. ❋ Christopher Andersen (2011)

"The Gap Year Advantage," by Karl Haigler and Rae Nelson , educational policy experts and parents of a past gap-year student, is a helpful guide. ❋ Sue Shellenbarger (2011)

After listening to him rave for two years about his gap-year experiences in Africa—Wills was so affected by the experience that he was now learning Swahili—Kate suggested a theme based on one of her favorite films: Out of Africa. ❋ Christopher Andersen (2011)

With William away on his gap-year adventures, Harry was left to his own devices. ❋ Christopher Andersen (2011)

Can you recommend any particular gap-year programs? ❋ Sue Shellenbarger (2011)

Peter Kosminsky's new four-parter follows 18-year-old Erin Claire Foy of Little Dorrit fame as she takes a gap-year trip to Israel. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It began with the deaths of three 19-year-old friends – Bruno Melling-Firth, Conrad Quashie and Max Boomgaarden-Cook – in a bus crash during a gap-year trip to Thailand. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Olly BlackburnLondon SE1International Citizen Service, which featured in your story "Students given tips to stop gap-year travel becoming a 'new colonialism' for rich west" News, last week has been running as a pilot since March, sending 18-22 year olds to contribute towards sustainable development programmes in some of the world's poorest communities. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Thousands of gap-year students head off on volunteer projects, paying as much as £4,000 to do so, but who really benefits? ❋ Jonjo Neeves (2010)

Lisa Bachelor's gap-year experienceWhen I was in my final year of university in 1998, I faced the dilemma many students face: how to go travelling and see the world without getting left behind in the search for jobs. ❋ Unknown (2010)