Gap Year Programs

• Class Afloat – offers first-year university courses accredited through Acadia University.  For more information:  http://www.classafloat.com/UNIVERSITY/tabid/56/Default.aspx
• Thinking Beyond Borders – Ecuador Gap Semester http://thinkingbeyondborders.org/program/index.html#ecuadorgapsemester
• Global Gap Year Program – http://thinkingbeyondborders.org/program/index.html#globalgapyear
• Year Course – gap year in Israel of the Young Judaea movement, a non-profit organization which has been working in North America for more than 100 years www.yearcourse.org
• CIEE – Gap Year Abroad: www.ciee.org/gap
• CIAO!  Center for Introduction to Architecture Overseas - a Gap year and summer program opportunity for architectural education.
• Aspire – Travel and Study Abroad Programs: www.aspirebyapi.com
• TeenLife – Guide to Gap Year Programs: www.teenlife.com
• Global Citizen Year – gives high school graduates a gap year working in a devloping country: http://globalcitizenyear.org/
• Africa & Asia Venture (AV) is a small, international, volunteering organization based in the UK that has been operating since 1993.  Over 5,500 volunteers aged 18 to 25 from 30+ countries have joined our full-immersion, group-based projects in developing countries and contributed more than 1,200 man-years of service to the communities.  For more information:  http://www.aventure.co.uk/
• Sojourns Abroad – each site is a vibrant center of visual and performing arts, aesthetically rich, and steeped in history and tradition; also a living lesson in political science in the evolving European Union. www.sojournsabroad.org
• African Conservation Experience – participants gain extensive knowledge about wildlife and nature, as well as real life skills working in a team, shouldering responsibility and living with peers from a different cultural background.  http://www.conservationafrica.net/
• VISIONS Service Adventures – program in Cambodia introduces students to a range of areas of development: public health, rural development, education and environmental sustainability.  http://www.visionsserviceadventures.com/teen-summer-camp-programs/gap-year-cambodia.html
• Timbertop – Australia – A gap year opportunity to learn life skills and values working with young students.  http://www.ggs.vic.edu.au/GGS-Life/Learning/Timbertop.aspx
• NOLS School – the only school that focuses on wilderness skills, leadership, and environmental ethics, is the leader in wilderness education.  www.nols.edu
• Dynamy Admissions – Internship Year – The gap year program for students who want to larn differently through hands on experiences. 
• Where There Be Dragons – Dragons programs encourage deep immersion into strikingly different physical and cultural landscapes, combining the best in experiential education, travel, service learning, and physically and intellectually challenging experiences.  http://www.wheretherebedragons.com/programs.html
• Himalayan Gap Year – Explore Globally / Engage Locally - visit: www.HimalayanGapYear.com