{"id":461,"date":"2017-01-26T09:17:50","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T14:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=461"},"modified":"2017-01-30T09:15:28","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T14:15:28","slug":"gap-to-great-selected-for-nacacreads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/01\/26\/gap-to-great-selected-for-nacacreads\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Gap to Great’ selected for #NACACreads"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"gap_to_great_use\"Could taking a break from formal education help more students find success in college?<\/p>\n

Explore that question and share your own insights during a March 29 #NACACreads<\/a> discussion of Gap to Great<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The discussion will kick off on Twitter at 9 p.m. (ET).<\/p>\n

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\u201cGap year programs aren\u2019t trying to replace college,\u201d writes author Andrea Wien, who will participate in the chat. \u201cIf anything, they\u2019re a preparation for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her book is aimed at parents, but chock-full of pertinent information for counselors and admission officers. In Gap to Great<\/em>, Wien shares the latest research on student outcomes, offers gap year planning tips, and explores how colleges view this growing trend.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Learn more about the book.<\/a><\/p>\n

Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Could taking a break from formal education help more students find success in college? Explore that question and share your own insights during a March 29 #NACACreads discussion of Gap to Great. The discussion will kick off on Twitter at 9 p.m. (ET).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,247,246],"class_list":["post-461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nacac-news","tag-nacacreads","tag-andrea-wien","tag-gap-to-great"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-7r","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}