Standardization is key to efficiency and buy-in for nurse residency programs, says this nurse leader. This year, the current state and future of nursing education sparked discourse among many CNOs who ...

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 ...

In July 2025, the U.S. Department of Education made a list of graduate programs it considered “professional degrees.” Some nurses were outraged to see nursing programs weren’t on the list. The ...

A new federal rule has quietly made nursing education financially inaccessible. Every year I teach brilliant students—former musicians, teachers, lawyers, veterans—who have decided to change careers ...

Congress’s new graduate lending caps arrive at a delicate moment for the nation’s health care workforce. By capping federal graduate loans and phasing out Grad PLUS, HR 1 (the One Big Beautiful Bill ...

Graduate students pursuing degrees in nursing, architecture and some other fields will face lower caps on the amount they can ...

Loan caps hit: From July 1, new federal rules cap many graduate loans at $20,500 annually, ending Grad PLUS and excluding some degrees from higher limits. Funding gap grows: Students in fields like ...