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HEW Report

I submitted a report to the
Department of Health, Education
and Welfare last December, in
which I noted that the number of
Virginians going to college from
families with annual incomes of
$10,000 or more was at or above
the national level.

But the number of young
Virginians attending college from
families with annual incomes of less
than $10,000 was well below not
only the national average, but our
southern regional norms as well.

Not only do we need to make
our higher education facilities
available to more young Virginians
of low income families; we also
need to give many of them
additional training that will enable
them to meet the standards set by
institutions of higher learning. We
are going to keep those standards
and keep them high.