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Gap Year

Many Idaho Teens Want A Break Before Going To College. I Did.

Posted 2.07.22 in Research and News

4 Reasons Why A Gap Year Might Be The Best Way For Students To Build SEL Skills (Even During A Pandemic)

Posted 11.11.20 in Research and News

Gen Z Gap Year

Posted 10.06.20 in Research and News Resources during Coronavirus Pandemic

Help Teens Plan For Life After High School

Posted 1.02.20 in Research and News

What Should I Do After High School?

Posted 7.23.19 in Research and News

Why Generation Z Is Passing On College

Posted 2.20.19 in Research and News

How I Helped My Kids Decide What To Do After High School

Posted 7.12.18 in Research and News

Life After High School

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Posted 1.26.18 in Youth Culture Today Radio Show

Gap Year Planning

Posted 8.18.17 in Research and News

Why More High-School Seniors Need to Be Like Malia Obama And Take a Gap Year

Posted 5.09.16 in Research and News

Why a Gap-Year?

Posted 5.11.15 in Research and News

Getting In To College Doesn’t Mean Students Are Ready to Go

Posted 5.08.15 in Research and News

Youth Culture Hot Quote

“I do sometimes think that higher education is wasted on the young. It’s about the privelege of spending three years exercising your brain in something you are really interested in....
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Posted 6.03.14 in Youth Culture Hot Quotes

‘Gap Years’ Give Students a Break

Posted 5.01.14 in Research and News
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