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“Failure Deprived” : Resilience Strengthening Initiatives in U.S. Universities
Author
Ahn Hyejeong / Research Assistant Professor, KAIST CAF
Date
2023-04-05 15:47:08
“Failure Deprived” - the Actual Problem is a Lack of Failure :
Resilience Strengthening Initiatives in U.S. Universities
Universities that are focusing on resilience
Given the current situation, several U.S. universities have begun to recognize that they need to intervene in this matter. The first school to make a move was Cornell University. The university, where several student suicide incidents took place in 2010, declared that “it is an obligation of the university to help students learn life skills.” Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, and the University of Pennsylvania soon followed by launching initiatives to develop the resilience of their members. Faced with the reality that many of their brightest students, most of whom grew up under competitiveness environments, were unfamiliar with the natural process of learning from failure, a consensus started to form around the idea that universities needed to fill this void. These programs all aim to help students understand that failure is natural and common while also providing support so that students can learn from their failures and setbacks. Moreover, the programs help members build up their resilience to failure and stress by instilling new perspectives regarding failure and by utilizing a variety of university resources.
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