College Students Not Getting Enough Z's

Yahoo! News posted an article about college students not getting the required seven to eight hours of sleep per night. According to the article to the article this affects a student's ability to learn. Researches from the University of Cincinnati questioned approximately 200 college students who do not live at home between the ages of 18-24 about their sleep habits. The majority of the students who were questioned work full or part time and only 24% of them report getting the reccommended amount of sleep while 21% get more than the required 8 hours of sleep. Throughout the article the author of the study, Adam Knowlden talks about  how sleep deprivation directly effects a student's learning potential.

The article itself was somewhat interesting although I was disappointed in the actual study the article was featuring. I felt like both the article and the study were generic as I was hoping for a broader explanation on this subject.

It's not really news that students are not getting enough sleep or that sleep deprivation effects a person's learning potential. Everyone should already know that we need to get the required amount of sleep for optimum learning potential. What wasn't discussed is that every person is different and not everyone requires exactly seven to eight hours of sleep to achieve optimum learning potential. On the other hand some people require more than the seven to eight hours. They only interviewed around 200 students in one demographic which I don't feel provides enough output. The article does mention that financial concerns and poor time and stress management were factors that hindered a student's ability to get enough sleep, which I do agree effects not only college students but everyone without regard to demographics.

Despite my need for broader information on the study itself, the main point of the article was that getting enough rest is detrimental to a student's success.