We revisit the small-field Coleman-Weinberg inflation , which has the following two problems : First , the smallness of the slow roll parameter \epsilon requires the inflation scale to be very low .
Second , the spectral index n _ { s } \approx 1 + 2 \eta tends to become smaller compared to the observed value .
In this paper , we consider two possible effects on the dynamics of inflation : radiatively generated nonminimal coupling to gravity \xi \phi ^ { 2 } { \cal R } and condensation of fermions coupled to the inflaton as \phi \bar { \psi } \psi .
We show that the fermion condensate can solve the above problems .