The Nation - News from March 6, 1985
Education Secretary William J. Bennett told Congress an estimated 13,000 youngsters from families with incomes of more than $100,000 now get federal student loans. Bennett said these youngsters can slip through existing “need tests” by going to an expensive private school and by having two or three brothers or sisters in college simultaneously. He provided the 13,000 figure based on a 1984 survey.
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