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29 April, Lexington, Virginia — Furman University, a member of the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP), announced...

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,...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

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

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

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

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