Global Citizen Year named #1 place to work in the U.S.
OAKLAND, CA: Global Citizen Year, the nonprofit organization launching a generation of leaders with the perspectives and skills to solve humanity’s most urgent challenges, has been ranked #1 in Outside Magazine’s list of the best places to work. The list, which is updated annually, spotlights the top 50 companies and organizations which, in 2021, “attracted […]
We can’t just go “back” to school; we must reinvent it
Across the country, high schools and colleges are working mightily to safely open their doors and get “back to normal.” But shame on us if we aspire only to “normal.” In-person, remote, or hybrid—at its core, our education system deserves a failing grade. Long before the pandemic, our schools were precariously out of […]
These 2 Pandemic-Era Models Aren’t Going Away
I’m Goldie Blumenstyk, a senior writer at The Chronicle covering innovation in and around academe. Here’s what I’m thinking about this week. How 2 efforts that emerged during the pandemic are changing with the times. Of the many things upended by Covid-19, certainly work-based learning and study abroad were disrupted. Two projects I wrote about in […]
Update on 2021-2022 Global Citizen Year Fellowship
UPDATE: March 2021 After careful consideration, we announce that we will not operate our Fellowship in the 2021-2022 academic year. Again this month, we analyzed the data to assess the viability of running our global Fellowship beginning in January 2022. Despite promising signs in some parts of the world and increasing access to vaccines in […]
PODCAST INTERVIEW: Abby Falik on Global Citizen Year’s Pandemic Pivot
What do you do when you run a program that has hundreds of young adults spread across the world for an intentional gap year, and a global pandemic strikes? The only thing you can do: stage an emergency evacuation to bring every kid that’s abroad back home, ASAP. And that’s exactly what Abby Falik, Founder […]
NBC: Class of 2020, college can wait. Take a Gap Year
Published in full by NBC In the coming weeks, more than 2 million high school seniors who had their sights set on college for the fall will navigate a decision no graduating class before them has ever had to consider: how — and whether — to commit to attending college in the time of […]
Getting Smart Podcast: Abby Falik on the Benefits of Global Service
Abby Falik was interviewed by Tom Vander Ark on the Getting Smart Podcast. Abby speaks about her mission to expand access to life-changing global immersion experiences between high school and college. And her belief that these experiences are uniquely suited to unlock courage, shape identity, and develop leadership and unlock courage. Find more at Getting […]
DCPS-Global Citizen Year Fellow Featured in The Washington Post
How D.C.’s class of 2019 decided what’s next They are already activists, nonprofit leaders and world travelers. They have collected acceptance letters to prestigious universities, signed commitment letters to start jobs in the coming weeks and enrolled in academies to become police officers and firefighters. They are teenagers and adults who took different paths to […]
Chicago NPR Station WBEZ Features CPS-Global Citizen Year Fellows
Extending The ‘Gap Year’ After High School Beyond Kids Of Means Four Chicago teens from low-income families are getting a chance to do something usually reserved for the wealthy.They will get to take a trip of a lifetime during a gap year after high school — for free.As part of a partnership with Chicago Public […]
Abby Falik: The Golden Ticket Money Can’t Buy: Purpose
Today is College Decision Day, and high school seniors around the country are navigating the complexity of selecting a school with an added twist: the recent (and ever-widening) college admissions scandal. While it’s been a dark moment for our self-perceived meritocracy, the bright side of the recent allegations is a public reckoning with a system that’s […]
