Abstract: Life education for college students is a complex system.The major purpose of such education is to help the students understand that life is limited but at the same time unique，and help them set up goals in life and make efforts to achieve them.By analyzing the existing problems in life education for college students，the authors attempt to probe into the reasons for failure of effective results and suggest more effective solutions.We think it important to bring the education in college back to the essence of education，the exploration of human nature.An open model of life education，more emphasis on responsibility and improvement in the psychological interfering mechanism are all effective measures for the achievement of that goal.

Key words: college students, life education in universities, education measures, failure in life education, value of life