US EditionBipartisan lawmakers press Education Department to add nursing to ‘professional’ degree list
Lawmakers highlight that a $100,000 federal loan cap for nursing could limit access to costly programs critical for workforce supply, with over 140 bipartisan signatories urging change.
- A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging the Education Department to add nursing to the list of 'professional' degree programs, allowing nursing students to borrow larger federal loans for graduate studies.
- The Trump administration's proposed rules would cap federal loans for most graduate programs at $100,000 total and $20,500 per year, which lawmakers argue would make expensive nursing programs unaffordable.
- Excluding nursing from the 'professional' list would require students to take out riskier private loans or put tuition out of reach, undermining healthcare and education systems, according to Rep. Ritchie Torres.
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Bipartisan lawmakers press Education Department to add nursing to ‘professional’ degree list
A group of bipartisan lawmakers has sent a letter to the Education Department urging it to add nursing to the list of “professional degrees” that will allow students to take out more federal loans. New proposed rules by the department would cap student loan borrowing at $100,000 for graduate programs and $200,000 for “professional…
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(MedPage Today) -- A bipartisan group in Congress is urging the Education Department to add nursing to a list of college programs that are considered "professional," adding to public outcry after nurses were omitted from a new agency definition...
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Lawmakers urge Education Department to add nursing to 'professional' programs list amid uproar
A bipartisan group in Congress is urging the Education Department to add nursing to a list of college programs that are considered “professional.”
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