WASHINGTON — The Department of Education has excluded nursing from its definition of "professional degree" programs as it implements student loan changes under President Donald Trump's "One Big ...

For nursing students, this rule change is a “smack in the face,” said Susan Pratt, a nurse who also serves as the president of an Ohio union that represents nurses. “When we were during the pandemic, ...

The “professional” label would allow students to borrow larger amounts of federal loans to pursue graduate degrees in those fields.

The Department of Education's decision to reclassify nursing degrees as academic graduate programs raises concerns about ...

U.S. Senator Susan Collins and bipartisan and bicameral group of more than 140 members of Congress have sent a letter to Department of Education Under Secretary Nicholas Kent, calling on the ...

The Trump administration has elected to include only 10 recognized professional fields when it considers certain graduate degree programs. As a result of the change, students going for advanced ...

Federal loan limits for graduate nursing students could be cut in half under proposed changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill, potentially reducing access to advanced nursing programs.

In July, President Donald Trump signed the Republican-crafted One Big Beautiful Act into law, a legislative behemoth that boasted close to $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and changes to society-safety ...

“I don’t know why we would take this away,” said the president of one of several organizations to speak out about the change Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

In response to what is seen as a need for additional graduate degree programs, Briar Cliff University is adding two more degrees in its graduate program this fall - one in nursing and the other in ...