How to Build Resilience in College Students

This insightful how-to guide provides clear, evidence-based guidelines for activating and cultivating resilience in college students. Drawing on extensive research, Cynthia Lietz and Breanna Carpenter Lietz outline ten of the most important strengths that help college students overcome loss, trauma and other challenges that impact their well-being and academic performance. The authors propose actionable, student-focused strategies using social support structures, boundary setting, fostering belonging and personal value systems. Readers will be inspired by the personal narratives of resilience from ten current and recent college students and the authors’ own lived experience as a college administrator and a first generation student with a background in foster care, making this a nuanced and highly practical book.