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Gap year : how delaying college changes people in ways the world needs / Joseph O'Shea.

by O'Shea, Joseph, 1986-

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John Hopkins University Press, 2014.

Non-formal education.

Experiential learning.

High school graduates.

9781421410364 (pbk)

183 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-176) and index.

1. Experiences of the gap year -- Reasons for Taking a Year -- Changes in Themselves -- Changes in Relationships -- Changes in Religious and Civic Perceptions -- Changes in Ways of Thinking and Future Plans -- 2. Understanding the gap year -- Theorizing the Gap Year -- Developing Citizens -- Designing Gap Year Programs.

With some of the most prestigious universities in America now urging students to defer admissions so they can experience the world, the idea of the gap year has taken hold. Since the development of gap years in Britain nearly fifty years ago, taking time off between secondary school and college has allowed students the opportunity to travel, add valuable resume-building experiences, develop crucial life skills, and grow up, all while doing volunteer work in much needed parts of the developing world. Joseph O'Shea has produced the first empirically based analysis of how the gap year influences student development. He establishes a context for better understanding this personal development and suggests concrete ways universities and educators can develop effective gap year programs.

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