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A great reflection from Leadership Journal regarding what we\u2019re really missing when we feel nostalgic for college (the answer might surprise you):<\/p>\n

I miss my university years.<\/p>\n

It has been twenty-two years since I graduated from college. I went to a state school in a medium-sized Oregon farm town. For me, it was a fantastic experience and my four years there were among the most meaningful of my life.<\/p>\n

I cannot deny the fondness I feel. Is it just nostalgia? Maybe \u2026 in part. But when I sit now and reflect back more than two decades there are several formative realities of my university years that seem hard to come by in my modern urban world. And I am not alone. I have heard many others express similar feelings, though it is often hard to put language to this sense of\u00a0lack<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Read the whole piece here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"