Here is what students and borrowers need to know about the U.S. Department of Education’s new proposed definition of ...

The proposal has drawn pushback from the nursing community, which argues the reclassification could limit students’ financial access to advanced nursing degrees.

An alarm is sounding at the University of Iowa after a graduate program in the College of Nursing raised concerns over a ...

The proposed changes would lower federal loan limits for graduate nursing students and has sparked widespread backlash from ...

A new federal policy classifying advanced nursing degrees as ‘nonprofessional’ will likely hurt the profession and patient ...

Some nursing jobs require no advanced degree, and research shows nurses typically complete their degrees with loan amounts under the new cap. However, the proposed change would put a new burden on ...

The proposed rule would also apply to aspiring physician assistants, physical therapists and speech-language pathologists.

A federal proposal to sharply limit how much graduate nursing students can borrow is raising alarm among students, educators ...

The new rule caps loans for grad students in what the Department of Education considers "nonprofessional fields," which ...

The controversy involves a list of graduate-level career paths considered "professional" degrees that could qualify for ...

“Here is the definition of stupid,” U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said at the state Capitol complex in Hartford. “At a time ...