Judge blocks new professional student loan restrictions
The ruling preserves higher borrowing limits for more programs while litigation continues over the Education Department’s narrower definition, which plaintiffs said excluded nursing and education.
- A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's new rule lowering federal student loan limits for graduate degrees in nursing and healthcare fields.
- Eight trade organizations sued to stop the rule from taking effect on July 1, and the judge sided with them.
- Judge Beryl Howell ruled that the Education Department lacked authority to narrow the definition of 'professional degree,' violating the Administrative Procedure Act.
- The judge did not prevent enforcement of the new loan caps, stating she could not override Congress's elimination of uncapped borrowing.
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Narrowed Education Department definition of ‘professional’ degrees stopped in federal court • Oklahoma Voice
A federal judge paused a U.S. Department of Education rule with implications for federal student loans for nursing students. (Getty Images) WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Education’s new definition of “professional” fields of study, which set stricter borrowing caps for graduate students pursuing certain degrees. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell specifically halts the departme…
Justice stopped Trump's educational reform. Justice determined that the government overstepped by cutting funding for nursing, physiotherapy, and public health students.
Judge blocks Trump plan to limit graduate student loans in nursing and other fields
A federal judge has blocked part of a Trump administration plan that would have limited access to loans for students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy, public health and some other fields. The American Association of Nurse Practitioners, one of the groups that sued, described the ruling in a Facebook post Thursday as “an important step for NP students, the future health care workforce and the patients who depend on them.” At…
Federal judge blocks Trump plan that would limit graduate student loans in nursing and other fields
A federal judge has blocked part of a Trump administration plan that would have limited access to loans for students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy, public health and some other fields
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Judge blocks Trump plan that would limit graduate student loans in nursing and other fields
A federal judge has blocked part of a Trump administration plan that would have limited access to loans for students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy, public health and some other fields.
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