UW-Madison Nursing, Education Students Fear New Federal Loan Limits Could Threaten Their Careers

UW-Madison nursing, education students fear new federal loan limits could threaten their careers

A controversial federal policy is redefining what a “professional” degree is, which will factor into how much a student can borrow.

Lawmakers say advanced nursing should count as a ‘professional degree’

A bipartisan group of lawmakers are pushing back against new reforms from the Trump administration that would lower borrowing caps for advanced nursing degrees, arguing they would exacerbate an existing workforce shortage.

Nursing Is Still a Profession - But a New Loan Law Treats It Differently - AJN Off the Charts

What new federal “professional degree” loan caps actually mean for graduate nursing students Over the past few weeks, many nurses have watched headlines and social media posts claim that “Trump made nursing no longer a profession.” That line is alarming—but it isn’t accurate. Nursing is still a licensed profession defined by statute, governed by boards of nursing, and recognized by every hospital system in the country. Our scope of practice hasn…

Over 100 lawmakers sign letter urging Dept. of Education to classify nursing programs as ‘professional degrees’

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 regulatory definition of “professional degree” as part of a student loan rule. The proposal would classify nursing programs as “graduate degrees” and cap nursing student borrowing at $100,000 total, rather than $200,000 as allowed under professional prog…