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\"beckley\"LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014A champion for teaching college students more about poverty and its implications for society spoke on Sept. 7 during Transylvania University\u2019s opening convocation marking the beginning of the academic year.\n<\/p>\n

\nHarlan Beckley\u2019s<\/a> talk titled \u201cPoverty Studies: A Liberal Arts Vocation?\u201d was free and open to the public. He is the Fletcher Otey Thomas Professor of Religion Emeritus and was an adjunct professor of law at Washington and Lee University, and he currently serves as executive director of the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\nDuring the convocation, Beckley discussed how undergraduate education in the United States has inadequately addressed poverty.\n<\/p>\n

\n\u201cHigher education and think tanks in the United States have provided leadership in research about poverty, but we have not done well preparing our graduates in English, education, the arts, the social sciences and sciences\u2014those headed to professional vocations in law, business, healthcare, education and even social services\u2014to address poverty,\u201d Beckley said.\n<\/p>\n

\nHe calls for an interdisciplinary study of poverty that goes beyond reading a textbook\u2014to include community engagement and internships.\n<\/p>\n

\n\u201cWhen our colleges and universities do more to inform and prepare their students to address poverty as part of their vocations, the graduates will become a force to reduce the persistent poverty that diminishes our wealthy nation,\u201d Beckley said.\n<\/p>\n

\nBeckley earned a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from the University of Illinois and a doctoral degree in Christian Theological Ethics from Vanderbilt University.\n<\/p>\n

\nIn 2002, Beckley was awarded Virginia’s highest honor for education excellence: the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia’s Outstanding Faculty Award.\n<\/p>\n

\nHe also has served as vice president and president of the Society of Christian Ethics, and in 2005-06 he was acting president of Washington and Lee University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014A champion for teaching college students more about poverty and its implications for society spoke on Sept. 7 during Transylvania University\u2019s opening convocation marking the beginning of the academic year. Harlan Beckley\u2019s talk titled \u201cPoverty Studies: A Liberal Arts Vocation?\u201d was free and open to the public. He is the Fletcher Otey Thomas Professor of Religion Emeritus and was an adjunct professor of law at Washington and Lee University, and he currently serves as executive director of the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty. During the convocation, Beckley discussed how undergraduate education in the United States has inadequately addressed poverty. \u201cHigher education and think tanks in the United States have provided leadership in research about poverty, but we have not done well preparing our graduates in English, education, the arts, the social sciences and sciences\u2014those headed to professional vocations in law, business, healthcare, education and even social services\u2014to address poverty,\u201d Beckley said. He calls for an interdisciplinary study of poverty that goes beyond reading a textbook\u2014to include community engagement and internships. \u201cWhen our colleges and universities do more to inform and prepare their students to address poverty as part of their vocations, the graduates will become a force to reduce the persistent poverty that diminishes our wealthy nation,\u201d Beckley said. Beckley earned a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from the University of Illinois and a doctoral degree in Christian Theological Ethics from Vanderbilt University. In 2002, Beckley was<\/p>\n

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