Abstract:  Network political participation is the most available way for college students to express their public opinions Contemporary college students’ network political participation has the characteristics of “four coexistence”, that is, individuality and sociality, benefits and sense of responsibility, rationality and impulsivity, actuality and development Some problems are found in college students’ network political participation such as the absence of government information publicity, the impurity of media content, the weaker role that public BBS has played, the insufficiency of website “self-discipline” and the improvement of students’ participation quality The optimal path to solving these problems is put forward, so as to improve the effectiveness of the contemporary college students’ political participation

Key words: contemporary college students, network political participation, optimal path