Wake Forest University has created a space in its library called “ZieSta,” where students can sleep. Before getting this space, when they became tired, some students would go to their rooms to rest, but those are so far away on this gracious campus that sometimes the students wouldn’t come back to study.

This follows other efforts by Wake Forest, located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to make life more comfortable for its stressed-out students. Last year, says the Inside Higher Ed story, the school added board games and a piano to an outside seating area. This year it hired a “director of well-being,” who is quoted as saying about today’s students:

They’re paying more than any one has had to and they know they’re graduating into a world with very few guarantees. Their self-worth tends to be tied to accomplishments both in and out of college. And we have high expectations here, so we have to make sure that doesn’t tip into distress.

Avoiding distress? I would venture to say that the reason is just as likely to be the success that Wake Forest’s nearby neighbor, High Point University, has had in drawing students with high-toned amenities. Those include laundry service, concierge service, and a “director of Wow!”