A coalition of 25 states and the District of Columbia is challenging a Trump administration rule that caps federal student loans for borrowers pursuing a graduate degree. Some experts say that the ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act sets new loan limits on what it categorizes as "professional" graduate programs. An Education Department proposal defining which graduate degrees fall into the ...

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 ...

A new federal rule has quietly made nursing education financially inaccessible. Every year I teach brilliant students—former musicians, teachers, lawyers, veterans—who have decided to change careers ...

In July 2025, the U.S. Department of Education made a list of graduate programs it considered “professional degrees.” Some nurses were outraged to see nursing programs weren’t on the list. The ...

The Trump administration’s plan to redefine what constitutes a professional degree would exclude nursing and limit access to student loans — outraging national health care groups and leaving nursing ...