Colby’s on-campus Veterinary Nursing program, established in 1969, and its distance-learning program, launched in 2012, are ...

More than 100 members of Congress signed a letter submitted Dec. 12 to the Department of Education on concerns about the department’s proposal to omit post-baccalaureate nursing degrees from the ...

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Here is what students and borrowers need to know about the U.S. Department of Education’s new proposed definition of professional degrees and what YOU could do to push back. Did chatter about 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 ...

Change in US federal education policy causes concern in healthcare, academic communities Nursing degrees, among others, will no longer be classified as “professional degrees” in the US, under a new ...

A coalition of nursing and other health care organizations are angry over a Trump administration plan that could limit access to student loans in some cases. Students pursuing graduate degrees in ...

Nursing organizations are “deeply concerned” after the occupation has been “excluded” by definition as a “professional degree” by the Department of Education. The decision is part of the sweeping cuts ...

In late 2025, the Department of Education said it would no longer classify these credentials as professional degrees: education (including teaching master’s degrees), nursing (MSN, DNP), social work ...

As President Donald Trump's administration redefines which degrees are considered "professional," many graduate students are left with questions and concerns about how to finance their education. Who ...

At a time of historic nurse shortages, aspiring healthcare workers might find it harder to get help paying for their degree. Nursing advocates are raising alarms that a new set of proposed federal ...

The shift can greatly impact how much up-in-coming nurses can borrow as they prepare to enter a field facing historic shortages. The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) states that nursing programs ...