Media - Books
Articles Featuring Interim
- The New York Times - July 14, 2017, "You Don't Have to be College-Bound to Take a Gap Year" by Mark Miller
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority - May 15, 2017, Mind the Gap Year: 3 Financial Benefits to taking a Year off Before College by Alert Investor Staff
- Prepared for South Dakota Board of Education - April 12, 2017, "Advantages and Drawbacks of a Gap Year" by Bailey Grussing, Brian Myers and Alissa Quam
- the Chronicle, Harvard Westlake School - February 24, 2017, "School hosts gap year fair for area students" by Sophia Heller
- Harvard Ed Magazine - January 8, 2017, "Rethink the Gap" by Brendan Pelsue
- The Odyssey Online - December 1, 2016, "Why Gap Years Are The Best Years" by Marjorie Anne Foster
- The Daily Orange -October 4, 2016, "Syracuse University Students Take Gap Years Despite Negative Connotations" by Haley Kim
- The Boston Globe - September 29, 2016, “Is Taking a Gap Year Before College a Good Idea?” by
Elizabeth Gehrman
- Payscale.com - June 5, 2016, “5 Resources to Help You Plan Your Gap Year” by Gina Belli
- CragHoppers.com - May 26, 2016, "The Life-Changing Adventures of the Gap Year" by Joel Patenaude
- SavingforCollege.com - May 11, 2016, "Will Taking a Gap Year Help Me Get into the Ivy League?" by Kathryn Flynn
- The Fiscal Times - May 4, 2016, "What's a Gap Year? And Why Are They Becoming Trendy?" by Mellie Dent
- International Business Times - May 3, 2016, "How Will Malia Obama Spend Her Gap Year? Growing Industry of Study, Service Abroad Programs Offers Options" by Julia Glum
- Cosmopololitan - May 3, 2016, "8 Women Predict What Malia Obama Will Learn During Her Gap Year" by Ko Im
- Newsweek - May 2, 2016, "Malia Obama's Gap Year: A Fad Not Just For Presidents' Kids" by Max Kutner
- Quartz - May 2, 2016, "Taking a 'Gap Year' Before College is a British Tradition That's Becoming a Big Trend in the US" by Kate Groetzinger
- BBC.com - March 28, 2016, "The Surprising Benefits of a Mid-Career Break" by Elizabeth Garone
- Huffington Post - March 22, 2016, "What is a Gap Year?" by Andrea Wien
- PrincetonInfo.com - March 9, 2016 "Mind the Gap Year" by Lynn Robbins
- EducatedQuest.com - December 2, 2015, "The Gap Year: The Best Way to Step Into College Might Be to Step Out for a Short While" by Ed Quest
- Saving for College.com - November 5, 2015 "Using 529 Plan Savings to Pay for a Gap Year" by Kathryn Flynn
- U.S. News & World Report - August 3, 2015, "4 Tips to Ease the Financial Sting of a Gap Year" by Susannah Snider
- New Jersey 101.5 - July 2, 2015, "'Gap Year' gaining popularity for NJ high school grads" by David Matthau
- Daily Breeze - June 23, 2015, "My Turn: Gap year abroad gives son appreciation for cultures and lifestyles" by Carol Baker
- Taming the High Cost of College Website - May 7, 2015, "My Daughter's Gap Year. An Interview with Kurt and Audrey Jacobsen" Episode 37 with Brad Baldridge
- Shedding Lights - March 15, 2015, "Gap Years are Crucial Before College" by Andrew Rosen
- Contra Costa Times - February 11, 2015, "Orinda: Filling the holes in 'Gap Year' theory with an interview of Jason Sarouhan, Vice President and Counselor with the Center for Interim Programs" by Lou Fancher
- New Jersey 101.5 - January 01, 2015, "More adults taking mid-career 'gap time' with an interview of Holly Bull, president of the Center for Interim Programs in Princeton " by David Matthau
- Taming the High Cost of College Website - November 20, 2014, "Taking a Gap Year Interview with Holly Bull, President, Center for Interim Programs" Episode 28 with Brad Baldridge
- KWHS Wharton, University of Pennsylvania - July 15, 2014, "A Gap Year Involves a Little Cooking, Some Laundry and a Whole Lot of Self-Discovery" by KWHS Staff
- The Bucks County Courier Times - July 14, 2014, "Gap years gain popularity as students seek purpose, passion" by Naila Francis
- Brain World Magazine - May, 2014, "The Gap Year: To Get The Most Out of College, Take a Year Off" by Tucker Coombe
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio - March 17, 2014, "Colleges Emphasizing Experiences Beyond The Classroom - (Read and Listen as CIP's Jason Sarouhan shares his experiences & thoughts)" by Jim Levulis
- NBC News - February 4, 2014, "Gap Year for Grown-Ups: Some Workers Taking Mid-Career Time Out" by Rob Lovitt
- The Boston Globe - January 13, 2014, "Save money (and sanity) in a gap year - students who would benefit from the psychic oxygen a gap year provides" by Jennifer Graham
- Science Magazine - December 13, 2013, "Time Off to Work - Mind the Gap Year: a growing number of graduate - and medical-school-bound students are taking gap years" by Trisha Gura
- The Wall Street Journal - December 8, 2013, "The Case for a Midlife 'Gap' Year: Baby boomers are taking career breaks to reflect, re-energize and restart their engines" by Anne Tergesen
- Deseret News - November 4, 2013, "Learning from life: A 'gap year' between high school and college can help students" by Celia R. Baker
- Fox Business - September 20, 2013, "Taking a Gap Year: What Students Should Consider" by Emily Driscoll
- The Cape Gazette - November 9, 2012, "Cape grad offers Eastern remedies" by Melissa Steele
- Time Magazine Moneyland - October 5, 2012, "Gap Year: The Growing Appeal of Not Going Right to College" by Victor Luckerson
- The San Francisco Chronicle - September 5, 2012, "College students fill gap year with meaning" by Jill Tucker
- The Philadelphia Inquirer - August 04, 2012, "Cherry Hill West graduate headed to Senegal before Princeton" by Angelo Fichera
- The Minneapolis Star Tribune - July 28, 2012, "Students take intentional gap" by Kevyn Burger
- Baltimore Magazine - May 2012, "Filling the Gap" by Jane Marion
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The Financial Times - April 23, 2012, "Students forgo gap year to afford college" By Eric Katz in Washington
NOTE:You will have to register (it is free) with the Financial Times to read the article. - The Durango Herald - April 05, 2012, "More and more, college can wait" by Emery Cowan
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Articles Written by Interim
- CollegeXpress - September 16, 2013 "Your Goals, Your Life, Your Gap Year" by Jane and Jason Sarouhan
- College Admission - March 27, 2013 "A Gap Year: How to Choose the Right Program" by Holly Bull
- TeenLife - February 1, 2012 "5 Components of a Gap Year" by Jason Sarouhan
- TeenLife - January 4, 2012 "A Season of Choice: Consider A Gap Year" by Jane Sarouhan
- TeenLife - November, 2011 "The Gap Year Edge: Why You Should Consider Taking A Gap Year" by Holly Bull
- TeenLife - February, 2011 "Navigating a Gap Year" by Holly Bull
- New Jersey School Counselor Association - May/June 2010 "Top Benefits of a Gap Year" by Holly Bull
- Planet Gap Year website - July 8, 2008 "Why Use a Gap-Year Counselor?" by Holly Bull
- The Chronicle of Higher Education - July 7, 2006, "The Possibilities of the Gap Year" by Holly Bull
Media Pieces Featuring Interim
- "The Vineyard Current-Gap Year Segment" Jason Sarouhan explores many facets of the gap year with Martha's Vineyard radio host, Laurel Redington. Sound Cloud, April 9, 2017 - 15:15 minutes
- "All About Gap Years", Jane Sarouhan speaks with Raquel Leder in a multi-segment expose on gap years. YouTube, November 16, 2016
- "Cue the Lights", Holly Bull speaks with students hosting a local TV show in Prineton, NJ about the core principles of gap time. YouTube, May 16, 2016 - 27:43 minutes
- "'Gap Year' gaining popularity for NJ high school grads", Holly Bull of Interim speaks with New Jersey 101.5's David Matthau about the benefits of the gap year and the wide range of options available. July 2, 2015 - 45 seconds
- "The Case for Taking a Gap Year Before College", Holly Bull of Interim participates in a discussion on the Gap Year with Bloomberg's Jane Williams and two others. Bloomberg EDU Podcast, Feb 12, 2015 - 30:14 minutes
- "Gap Time Away from College" Episode 28, Taming the High Cost of College Website, The High Cost of College's Brad Baldridge speaks with Holly Bull of Interim about how time spent away from the formal college environment can help students be more prepared to enter college or a career. Podcast, Nov 20, 2014 - 40:03 minutes
- "undecided", Maine Calling, Maine Public Broadcasting Network's Jennifer Rooks speaks with Holly Bull of Interim, author Genevieve Morgan and Portland HS guidance counselor Doug Drew about options post-college.
Maine Public Broadcasting Network, Portland, ME, April 29, 2014 - 50:44 minutes - "The Gap Year", Holly Bull of Interim and two of her Gap Year participants offer their views on the Gap Year. (Broadcast no longer available.) Channel One Interview, August 19, 2013 - 2:41 minutes
- "College Bound, Now What? Figuring Out Your Career Path", Holly Bull of Interim describes students getting a sense of who they are and where they're going after taking a Gap Year between high school and college. Princeton Public Library Panel Discussion, October 16, 2012 - 6:15 minutes
- "Taking A Gap Year Can Improve Student Achievement", Holly Bull of Interim and Robert Clagett, former Admissions Dean at Middlebury College, discuss one of the best reasons for taking a Gap Year between high school and college - doing better in college! WBUR - Radio Boston Interview, March 8, 2012 - 25 minutes
Books Featuring Interim
For Students
- Gap to Great: A Parent's Guide to the Gap Year, Andrea Wien
- undecided. navigating life and learning after high school, Genevieve Morgan
- GAP YEAR American Style: Journeys Toward Learning, Serving, and Self-Discovery, Karl Haigler and Rae Nelson
- The Complete Guide to the Gap Year, Kristin White
- Children of Fast-Track Parents, Andrew Brooks
- Coming Into Our Own, Mark Gerzon
- The Gap-Year Advantage, Karl Haigler and Rae Nelson
- Success Without College, Linda Lee
- Taking Time Off, (The Princeton Review) Colin Hall and Ron Lieber
- Teenage Liberation Handbook, Grace Llewellyn
- Teenager's Guide to School Outside the Box, Rebecca Green
- Time Out, Robert Gilpin and Caroline Fitzgibbons
- The Uncollege Alternative, Danielle Wood
- Where's the Map?, Beth and James Hood
For Mid and Post-Career Adults
- Six Months Off, Hope Dlugozima, James Scott, and David Sharp
- Time Off From Work, Lisa Rogak
Other Gap Year Books
For Students
- Gap Year: How Delaying College Changes People In Ways The World Needs, Joseph O'Shea
- Taking A Gap Year, Susan Griffith
- The Gap-Year Guidebook, editor: Susannah Hecht
For Mid and Post-Career Adults
- Invent Your Retirement - Resources for the Good Life, Art Koff
- Gap Years for Grown Ups, Susan Griffith
- Escape 101 - Sabbaticals Made Simple, Dan Clements & Tara Gignac
