GAP YEAR...more taking them; recent articles on the subject

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<p>9/9/07 Generation gap year: More students deferring college
<a href=“Chicago News - Chicago Tribune - Chicago Tribune”>Chicago News - Chicago Tribune - Chicago Tribune;
(repeat of this Wash Post article: <a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/04/AR2007080400632.html[/url]”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/04/AR2007080400632.html&lt;/a&gt; )</p>

<p>9/6/07 Counselors: More students take time off before college
<a href=“http://www.2theadvocate.com/features/9609607.html[/url]”>http://www.2theadvocate.com/features/9609607.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>9/5/07 ‘Gap year’ provides time for exploration
<a href=“http://www.masslive.com/metroeastplus/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1188891460232100.xml&coll=1[/url]”>http://www.masslive.com/metroeastplus/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1188891460232100.xml&coll=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>8/26/07 Gap year: Students broaden their experience of the world
<a href=“http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_238093932[/url]”>http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_238093932&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>8/19/07 More taking ‘gap year’ between high school and college
<a href=“http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2007/aug/19/more-taking-gap-year/[/url]”>http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2007/aug/19/more-taking-gap-year/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>8/5/07 Eye on the Goal
<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/01/AR2007080101716.html[/url]”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/01/AR2007080101716.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>6/11/07 The Gap Year - Is There Life Between High School and College
<a href=“http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/270404/the_gap_year_is_there_life_between.html[/url]”>http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/270404/the_gap_year_is_there_life_between.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>9/3/06 How to Become a World Citizen, Before Going to College
<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/03/college/coll03gap.html?ex=1235275200&en=7250a5f8c007f434&ei=5034[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/03/college/coll03gap.html?ex=1235275200&en=7250a5f8c007f434&ei=5034&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>The numbers in the US are miniscule compared to the Commonwealth countries.</p>