Student Well-Being and the Path to Flourishing

Higher education is at a crossroads. Financial pressures, shifting student and faculty demographics, questions about value and relevance, and rising mental health needs are challenging institutions’ abilities to create environments where students can truly thrive. But what does it mean for students to not just cope—but to flourish? And how can the research on flourishing inform student success efforts today and in the future?  

This virtual event draws on research on youth and young adult well-being, including insights from the Global Flourishing Study and the Academic Flourishing Initiative, to explore how institutions can better understand and support the full spectrum of student experiences. Hear from leading researchers as they translate these findings into actionable strategies that can impact student success today and for the future.

Speakers:

• Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., President, Baylor University
• Byron R. Johnson, Ph.D., Co-Director of the Global Flourishing Study, Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences, Founding Director of the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion and Founding Director of the Institute for Global Human Flourishing at Baylor University
• Tyler J. VanderWeele, Ph.D. Co-Director of the Global Flourishing Study, John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Epidemiology in the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Director of the Human Flourishing Program and Co-Director of the Initiative on Health, Spirituality and Religion at Harvard

• Daniel Eisenberg, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Principal Investigator of the Healthy Minds Network for Research on Adolescent and Young Adult Mental Health

• Moderated by: Sara Custer, Editor in Chief at Inside Higher Ed