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Mar 30, 2015

Beckley commentary featured in “Spotlight” — “Why Don’t Students Learn About

“Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity” posted a commentary today by SHECP executive director, Harlan R. Beckley, “Why Don’t...

Mar 23, 2015

Poverty Studies Informed Work of CDC Doctor

Introduction: Dr. Jonathan Wortham graduated from Washington and Lee University in 2004 and from the Baylor College of Medicine in 2008. ...

Mar 21, 2015

Marymount to Host Poverty Studies Internship Conference

20 March 2015, Lexington, VA — The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium (SHECP) announced today that Marymount University will host the...

Feb 23, 2015

Isabella Martin Explores the Transition of Appalachian Youth into Higher Education

Isabella Martin writes a short story to help us understand the transition that youth from low-income rural families must make as they...

Feb 23, 2015

Lindy Stevens Explores the Impacts of No Child Left Behind

Lindy Stevens, formerly a Teach for American participant and currently a law student at Washington and Lee, finds that No Child Left...

Feb 23, 2015

Law Student Takes Practical Approach to Public Policy and Affordable Housing

Jake Struebing, currently attending Yale Law School, takes a realistic approach to law, public policy, and affordable housing. To view...

Feb 14, 2015

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Feb 10, 2015

To Reduce the Deficit, End Redistribution to the Rich

By Joe Landry Washington and Lee University ’13 Instead of cutting aid to the poor, the president and Congress should focus on reforming...

Feb 10, 2015

Hasan Discovers the Challenge of Equal Opportunity for All

Jabriel Hasan, Marymount University, worked in Chester, Pennsylvania I remember sitting down to discuss our Community Learning Agreement...

Jan 29, 2015

Shepherd Interns Provide Insights about their Experiences

Interns from the summer of 2014 have written brief compelling essays about their experiences. Learn more about a variety of specific...

Jan 27, 2015

Connie Mick publishes Poverty/Privilege with Oxford

Dr. Mick is codirector of the Poverty Studies Interdisciplinary Minor at University of Notre Dame. Connie Mick, Director of...

Jan 26, 2015

Pathways, Petersburg, VA, seeks CEO

Pathways, a not-for-profit, faith-based community organization in Petersburg, Virginia, is seeking a full-time Chief Executive Officer to...

Jan 26, 2015

Go Find Out! How Joe Ciborowski Learned at the Public Defender Service

Driving into DC the night before the first day of my internship was a surreal experience. I did not know whether I should be scared,...

Jan 20, 2015

Brand, 1923 – 2015, Played “Indispensable Role” in SHECP and Shepherd Program

Cabell Brand, instrumental in building the Shepherd Program at Washington and Lee and in founding SHECP and securing VMI’s involvement in...

Jan 20, 2015

Sweeney Learns that Burlington Citizens Want a Hand Up, Not a Handout

During my Shepherd Higher Education Consortium Poverty Internship, I worked with the organization Champlain Valley Office of Economic...

Jan 19, 2015

Raggio’s Work with Refugees Raises Questions about U.S. Poverty Policy

Olivia Raggio worked in Atlanta. The public transportation system in Atlanta coincides with how I imagined life to be in the Southern...

Jan 19, 2015

Faust and Snell-Larch Learn about Their Common Humanity with Others

Molly Snell-Larch worked at LIFT-Boston. Two Perspectives on a Summer Working at LIFT-Boston Molly Snell-Larch The first thing I learned...

Jan 15, 2015

Opportunities for Study or Work

Are you seeking an educational, career, and other life opportunity in the area of diminishing poverty? If so, please visit the...

Jan 15, 2015

Teach Kentucky offers a Strong Career Path

Teach Kentucky (TKY) is making an impact in Louisville, reaching young people who want to work themselves out of poverty. If you are...

Jan 8, 2015

Laubach Discovers Law is a Necessary Instrument for Limiting Environmental Injustice

By Kerriann Laubach Ms. Laubach is a student at Washington & Lee University School of Law As an undergraduate Environmental Studies major...

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