By Katherine Stievater Gap Year Solutions has always focused on college readiness. Data has consistently shown that one-third of first-year students don’t return to their college the next year. From our start […]
by Katherine Stievater After the fall semester, I spend time with our students downloading their learnings, and making sure their spring plan …
Here at Gap Year Solutions, we have long focused on helping teens build life skills, and be better prepared to walk on …
Counselors and parents were consistent in their top priorities. As a group, each had "Effective business/ professional communications and soft skills needed" in their top four.
By Katherine Stievater I love finding hidden little gems about Gap Years in the media. This short video from Channel 7 in …
By Katherine Stievater, Founder of Gap Year Solutions Parent attitudes towards Gap Years are changing. Parents I speak with used to be …
By Katherine Stievater I am delighted that the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA), of which I am a Professional member, published my …
Katherine visited several Gap Year programs in Europe last fall. We asked her to share some of her thoughts from these visits. …
Despite rising awareness of Gap Years and a COVID-induced surge in Gap Years, the number of high school students taking a Gap Year has returned to pre-pandemic levels. We know this from two different sources.