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Professor Jost Comments on King v Burwell and the Affordable Care Act
Timothy S. Jost, Robert L. Willett Family Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University, a featured speaker on the Affordable Care...
Jun 29, 2015
Virginia Military Institute Grant Supports 2015 SHECP Symposium
24 June 2015 – Lexington, VA – Virginia Military Institute has made a grant to the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty...
Jun 24, 2015
Food and Childhood Health is Focus of 2015 Symposium
The increasing nutrition gap between children from the privileged and children from less well-supported classes will be the focus of the...
Jun 24, 2015
Discovering the Intersection of Social Justice and HIV Holistic Healthcare
In the spring of 2014, I applied for the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty Internship Program, not knowing how valuable it...
Jun 22, 2015
Poverty Studies Fuels Direction and Intellectual Curiosity
By Shiri Yadlin, Shepherd Intern 2010 Yadlin will begin a Masters Program at Georgetown University this fall. She is a 2012 graduate of...
Jun 18, 2015
Brown Advisory and Baltimore Couple Fund Internships Aimed at Diminishing Poverty
Baltimore, MD – 11 July 2015 – Brown Advisory and A.C. and Penney Hubbard have donated funds to the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium...
Jun 11, 2015
Transforming the Teaching of Poverty
Monday, 8 June 2015 – The Rev. Dr. Rebecca Todd Peters writes about poverty studies in her current entry her blog, “To Do Justice.” She...
Jun 8, 2015
$500,000 Gift Boosts Poverty Studies
29 April, Lexington, Virginia — Furman University, a member of the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP), announced...
Apr 28, 2015
Discovering Similarity in Two Cities, Worlds Apart
What do Amman, Jordan and the Church Hill area of Richmond, Virginia have in common? If I had been asked this question three months ago,...
Apr 20, 2015
Job Opportunity with Impact America
Please click below to view a description of an available job position with Impact America: Impact America Corps Position Description
Apr 2, 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 30, 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 23, 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...
Mar 21, 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 23, 2015
Feb 14, 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...
Feb 10, 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 29, 2015
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