First year college student attrition is financially and emotionally devastating for families, and destabilizing for colleges. What goes wrong for so many students? And how can we stop the bleeding?
Rising rejections at highly-selective colleges and hopes for better luck in a year are pushing more seniors to take a yearlong pause after high school.
While internships are traditionally part of the college experience, high school students are increasingly looking to take on internships as a way to enhance resumes and college applications while trying on a career.
Find data and research related to Gap Years at the Gap Year Research Consortium at Colorado College website.
College mental health crisis: despite vaccines and boosters, the swirl of the pandemic rocks students. Click here to read.
The COVID-19 pandemic appears to be driving dramatic increases in depression and anxiety among college students, with more than a third reporting significant mental health challenges, according to a new survey co-led by the University of California, Berkeley, Center for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE).
The survey of students at nine U.S. public research universities nationwide found that 35% of undergraduates and 32% of graduate and professional students screened positive for major depressive disorder, while 39% of all students screened positive for anxiety disorder, according to the report released in August 2020 by the Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) Consortium.
Watch Webinar: College Admissions and Gap Years Amidst COVID-19 (Gap Year Solutions)
College gap year inquiries are experiencing a surge (Newsday)
Should you take a Gap Year? Here’s what the experts say (Today.com)
Read how students At Harvard, other elite colleges, more students deferring their first year (Boston Globe)
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