Making the Gap Year a Reality: Six Issues for Consideration

Authors

  • Doria Abdullah

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2017.89.9837

Keywords:

Gap year, public university, Malaysia, higher education

Abstract

Starting in 2017, Malaysia has introduced the gap year for students in public universities, where they are given the option to take a year off for industrial training, pursue their interests in the arts, or work on volunteering projects. The intention is for the students to gain exposure, discover their potential and develop intellectually. How might the country make the gap year a meaningful experience for its students? This article offers six issues for consideration.

Author Biography

Doria Abdullah

Doria Abdullah is postdoctoral fellow at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
(UTM) and associate at the Observatory on Borderless
Higher Education (OBHE).

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Published

2017-04-15

How to Cite

Abdullah, D. (2017). Making the Gap Year a Reality: Six Issues for Consideration. International Higher Education, (89), 13–14. https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2017.89.9837

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International