Gap Year Solutions

Read about the latest gap year trends from Katherine Stievater the founder of Boston-based Gap Year Solutions.

https://gapyearsolutions.com/resources/seven-gap-year-trends-to-know-for-2026/

Homeschooling and the New Face of Gap Year Students

by Katherine Stievater Did you know homeschooling in the U.S. has doubled in just a few years? The Department of Education and Census Bureau found that nearly 6% of K-12 students were homeschooled in 2024, up from 2.8% in 2019. Increasingly, these students are stepping into gap year experiences, bringing a strong sense of independence and self-motivation shaped by their personalized education....

https://gapyearsolutions.com/blog/homeschooling-and-the-new-face-of-gap-year-students/

by Katherine Stievater Couldn't agree more with the opinion expressed by Dr. Carol Langlois and Becky Mulholland in their recent Inside Higher Ed article: "The gap year concept is overdue for a cultural reset. Most popular options on the market focus on travel, outdoor adventure or service learning, but they rarely emphasize self-exploration in conjunction with career readiness or curiosity about the future of work...But the gap year industry itself also needs to evolve....

https://gapyearsolutions.com/blog/are-gap-years-due-for-cultural-reset/

Hello everyone - the gap is all around us, all the time! Heading into New York City, and looking down, what do I see? Couldn’t resist this photo op! I’m always thinking about the many benefits that gap years bring to students. And fun to be reminded in offhand ways. Especially because this is which helps bring awareness to the amazing opportunities gap years offer to all💪🏻🍁🍂

Big news – the annual 2025 Fundraiser officially kicked off on September 26 with a RAFFLE and SILENT AUCTION! It will conclude on October 5 at 5pm ET with GYA’s first ever LIVE AUCTION. The goal this year is to raise $20,000 for scholarships, outreach, and expanded access to transformative gap year opportunities.

Prizes for the raffle and silent auction include practical resources like comprehensive safety kits, gap year-focused books, free gap year and career readiness coaching, college counseling sessions, and much more. The Live auction features inclusive adventures in Portugal, Maine, Colorado, South Africa and Ireland!

Go to the GYA 2025 Fundraiser at https://givebutter.com/c/hY5KU8 and put in your bids today!