Center for Interim Programs

The first prototype gap year fair took place in 1994 at Harvard's Graduate School of Education. Holly Bull, Interim's president, was working on her Masters in Education and she and fellow stu...

https://www.interimprograms.com/2023/12/usa-gap-year-fairs-history.html

Interim had the great good fortune to work with Jose Martinez Cruz for nearly 15 years as he created ideal, fulfilling, meaningful gap experiences in his beloved Costa Rica. Through his comp...

https://www.interimprograms.com/2023/10/honoring-jose-martinez-cruz-people-over.html

GAP YEARS TAKE OFF, AND NOT JUST FOR PRE-COLLEGE Journalist Wendy Greenberg writes an in-depth and thoughtful article on the gap year option (for young and old alike) in this September 2023 iss...

https://www.interimprograms.com/2023/09/so-much-to-see-so-much-to-learn.html

Journalists Ralph Jennings and He Huifeng recently posted this interesting article for the South China Post  (April 13, 2023) comparing the response of youth in China and the US. A growing...

https://www.interimprograms.com/2023/04/south-china-post-article-chinese-are.html

This Wall Street Journal article  explains what's happening -- see some article excerpts below: Rising rejections at highly selective colleges and hopes for better luck in a year are pus...

https://www.interimprograms.com/2022/04/wsj-article-seeking-college-admissions.html

I recall sitting in the office of Cornelius Bull, the founder of the Center for Interim Programs, when he asked me his favorite question, “if you could wave a magic wand, where would you go...

https://www.interimprograms.com/2022/04/interim-gap-year-student-jon-musing.html

Holly Bull, President of the Center for Interim Programs, was recently interviewed by two college resources: Moira McCullough at College Scoops  https://collegescoops.com/episode-113-the-...

https://www.interimprograms.com/2022/04/two-podcast-interviews-with-holly-bull.html

  Before Andrew graduated from his public high school in New Jersey in 2017, a friend heard Interim's president, Holly Bull, present at a gap year fair and alerted Andrew to our gap year coun...

https://www.interimprograms.com/2022/02/how-andrews-gap-year-in-2017-led-to.html

Holly Bull, President of the Center for Interim Programs and Gap Year Counselor for over 30 years, was recently interviewed by Brad Baldridge in this podcast from October, 2021 covering the ...

https://www.interimprograms.com/2021/11/taming-high-cost-of-college-podcast.html

This October 7, 2021 Washington Post article, You're a different person when you travel. Here's why, and how to transform yourself at home, touches on the benefits of travel and includes th...

https://www.interimprograms.com/2021/11/you-are-different-person-when-you-travel.html

The specific experience I want to share from my 21 years as Director of Research, is the important vetting process of researching gap year program provider websites, often the first step for ...

https://www.interimprograms.com/2021/02/tips-on-how-to-vet-programs-from.html

    Despite virus restrictions and concerns this year, Interim students have successfully stepped into hands-on programs with peers this past fall, as well as currently this winter/spring....

https://www.interimprograms.com/2021/02/successful-2020-21-gap-experiences.html

Interim Programs has been integral in my working through three separate stuck points over the course of my adult life.  The first came about when I was 20 years old. I had dropped out of my s...

https://www.interimprograms.com/2020/12/the-benefits-of-taking-gap-time-over.html

  We just received this great photo from one of our students currently finishing quarantine with a group of fellow gappers on a Welsh farm before heading to Italy. What is gratifying to know ...

https://www.interimprograms.com/2020/09/despite-covid-19-gap-year-students-are.html

(This post contains sections on Safety, 3 Response Scenarios, & Articles) SAFETY: Interim's primary concern is the safety of our students. Given the current situation with COVID-19, we ar...

https://www.interimprograms.com/2020/03/staying-informed-about-coronavirus.html

In this article that came out in the Princeton Packet as well as centraljersey.com, Pam Hersh interviews Center for Interim Programs gap year counselors, Holly Bull and Kate Warren, about t...

https://www.interimprograms.com/2020/02/the-benefits-of-taking-gap-year-at-any.html

A gap year is most typically taken between high school and college, or during college, to explore one’s interests in a dynamic hands-on fashion. Students can combine an array of experiences f...

https://www.interimprograms.com/2019/12/the-gap-year-edge.html

Time Out for Students Holly Bull was recently asked to speak at the South Orange-Maplewood Adult School in NJ about the "Gap Year Advantage": the many benefits of taking time gap time before...

https://www.interimprograms.com/2019/11/holly-bull-center-for-interim-programs.html

Bathsheba Demuth engaged in one of the most unusual and interesting experiences Interim had to offer during her gap year in 1999. At 18, she headed off to the town of Old Crow in the Yukon to h...

https://www.interimprograms.com/2019/11/interim-alumna-bathsheba-demuth.html

This recent NYT Opinion piece , filled with comments of College Graduates and Parents, highlights the potentially debilitating costs of college and college loans. The fact that students often t...

https://www.interimprograms.com/2019/09/nyt-slide-show-on-paying-college.html

Our counselors at the Center for Interim Programs have been keynote speakers at the USA Gap Year Fairs since their inception in 2007. These fairs have done an extraordinary job of bringing t...

https://www.interimprograms.com/2019/09/usa-gap-year-fairs-student-ambassador.html

Mark Schmitt, in the photo above, is a Center for Interim Programs adult "gapper" along with Janet Lipsi who is also featured in this compelling "Next Avenue" article, A Guide to Taking a Gap Y...

https://www.interimprograms.com/2019/08/next-avenue-forbes-post-guide-to-taking.html

Professor Howard Gardner and colleague Wendy Fischman  Holly Bull, President of the Center for Interim Programs, was fortunate enough to attend one of Howard Gardner's classes during her g...

https://www.interimprograms.com/2019/07/professor-howard-gardners-latest.html

Hear Holly Bull interviewed by Dennis Price, the Host of Radio Hotline, which he dedicates to interviewing professionals from many fields to explore what they do and how they like it. In this in...

https://www.interimprograms.com/2019/07/holly-bull-president-of-center-for.html

Holly Bull, Center for Interim Programs President, speaks with New Jersey 101.5's David Matthau about the benefits of the gap year and the wide range of options available. Here's the link ...

https://www.interimprograms.com/2019/07/gap-years-gaining-popularity-for-nj.html