Advocates and higher ed groups called on Congress to take action to expand the definition of professional programs.

The Department of Education today released a final rule that defines the terms “professional student” and “graduate student” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As President Donald Trump's administration redefines which degrees are considered "professional," many graduate students are left ...

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 ...

The Trump administration has decided that, for student loan programs at least, nursing programs are not "professional" degrees. While the decision simply means nursing students will be subject to a ...

Much of the double-speak emanating from Washington can be attributed to terminology rather than purposeful deception. Such is the case with the recent dictum enshrined in a provision of the “One Big ...

Lowering student loan limits on public health degrees would empty the pipeline of professionals that Louisiana desperately ...

If you’re an aspiring nurse, educator, social worker, or speech pathologist, chances are you’ve heard a lot of chatter about the Trump administration’s plan to reclassify what degrees are considered ...

Brittany Dymond’s journey from being a business student to a Boeing engineer and now an associate legislative director at the ...