Cultivating a positive social mentality of college students is the requirement to promote the overall development of individuals, achieve harmony and stability in universities, and adapt to the development of the times. Moreover, it is also a realistic requirement to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. However, in reality, some college students' consciousness of positive social attitude is weak, the campus environment construction is imperfect, and social public environment is complex. Those are all the real dilemmas for college students' positive social mentality cultivation. Effective cultivation paths ought to be explored to enhance college students' self‐ability, as well as a good campus environment. Besides, mainstream media authority and network governance neeed to be strengthened. Multi‐party participation and joint efforts are requirements to guide college students to cultivate a positive social mentality.