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The article focuses on the role of higher education in well-being and empowerment of students in the U.S. Topics include role of higher education in enhancing self-confidence and self-efficacy in students; the national Bringing Theory to Practice (BTtoP) project which focuses on student well-being as outcome of learning and the Engelhard Project to Connect Life and Learning of Georgetown University. Other topics include liberal education and college staff to acknowledge student well-being.

The article discusses the scope of the research in the Bringing Theory to Practice (BTP) project, which seeks the advancement of knowledge and the establishment of best practices centered in the BTP triangularity of engaged learning, student mental health and well-being, and civic development. According to the authors, BTP has developed an aggressive research agenda through systematically evaluating funded projects that intentionally address this triangularity. Principally, the article talks about the development and design of a research approach, encapsulates findings to date and describes future research directions.