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

Tristin Henson Connector Staff There is a new list of “professional” and “unprofessional” degrees from Trump and his administration, which is in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill that was signed into law on ...

A group of bipartisan lawmakers sent a letter to the Education Department urging it to add nursing to the list of ...

On Nov. 6, The Department of Education created a new list of “professional degrees,” excluding nursing and other medical careers from qualifying. The degrees will be facing major federal loan cuts.

Earlier this semester, the University of Maine released a list of 215 academic programs that it ranked based on metrics such ...

The Education Department will lower graduate loan caps to $100,000 in 2026, while “professional” programs are allowed higher ...

The department announced last month it will be removing nursing from its internal list of professional degrees to lower ...

The Department of Education changes are caused by a review that includes a “new and simplified” Repayment Assistance Plan and ...

The National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET) today announced the release of its inaugural Distinguished ...

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