Posts Tagged ‘gap year’

“Gap year” comes to U.S. universities

It has traditionally been more common among Europeans for students to take a year off between high school and college in order to travel or gain other real world experience. This has been popularly termed a “gap year.” Now, it seems, the option is becoming more popular in the U.S., as well, so much so that Princeton University [...]

March 11, 2008 live/study abroad 0 Comments

Travel to Africa, change your life

In his NY Times column, Nicholas Kristof has been a longtime proponent of the benefits of travel, particularly as an educational tool. Now he’s at it again and, as he puts it, “putting my company’s money where my mouth is.” He announced in yesterday’s column that he is running another “win a trip” contest and, as he [...]

March 12, 2007 live/study abroad, why we travel 0 Comments

Educational benefits of travel, part two

Two months ago, I wrote about a contest being sponsored by NY Times columnist Nicholas Kristof in which he wanted to take a student with him on a future African reporting trip.  Kristof has now picked a winner, journalism student Casey Parks of Mississippi.  In a Tuesday column, he reports that he and the lucky winner will [...]

May 24, 2006 live/study abroad, why we travel 3 Comments

Educational benefits of travel

Today’s NY Times has an excellent column by Nicholas Kristof about the educational benefits of travel.  A few brief excerpts: Universities are – oh so slowly – recognizing that they need to prepare students to survive globalization. But most overseas studies programs are both too short and too tame. So here’s my proposal.  Universities should grant [...]

March 21, 2006 live/study abroad, RTW travel, why we travel 4 Comments