Well-Being: An Essential Outcome for Higher Education.

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.