Gap

"If that motivation to learn, to do well, do the studies and focus isn't there, then doing a 'gap year' where they're doing service or they're traveling or doing something else can be a good thing for them," Heather Kretz, director of admissions for UW ...

Harvard encourages admitted students to defer for one year to travel, pursue a special project or activity, work or spend time in other meaningful ways. The Oregon-based American Gap Association says so-called gap years are more common in Europe and ...

FILE- In this April 8, 2016, file photo, President Barack Obama and his daughter Malia walk from Marine One toward Air Force One at Los Angeles International Airport. Malia is taking a year off after graduating from high school before attending Harvard ...

The life expectancy gap between rich and poor is widening for the first time since 1870. Researchers blamed the "growing inequalities" in adult life expectancy on lifestyle factors. They found that while overall people in the UK are living longer than ...

WASHINGTON -- She's spent nearly half her life as first daughter, but before she heads off to Harvard, Malia Obama is taking a so-called "gap year." It's an increasingly common move for high school seniors, and not just those, like Malia, graduating ...

As CBS2's Jennifer McLogan explained Monday, the gap year after high school and before college is growing in popularity – and students and teachers are talking about it across high school and college campuses. “I felt like it was necessary to go ...