Why more teens like Malia Obama are taking a gap year
Clip: 5/2/2016 | 4m 39s
Malia Obama announced her plans to take a gap year before she attends Harvard in 2017.
President Barack Obama’s eldest daughter Malia announced plans to take a gap year before she attends Harvard in 2017, an idea that is taking hold among more and more students. In 2015, 30-40,000 students took a year off after graduating high school, a 20 percent jump. William Brangham talks to Joe O’Shea of Florida State University for more on the broader trend of deferring college.
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Why more teens like Malia Obama are taking a gap year
Clip: 5/2/2016 | 4m 39s
President Barack Obama’s eldest daughter Malia announced plans to take a gap year before she attends Harvard in 2017, an idea that is taking hold among more and more students. In 2015, 30-40,000 students took a year off after graduating high school, a 20 percent jump. William Brangham talks to Joe O’Shea of Florida State University for more on the broader trend of deferring college.
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