Here is what students and borrowers need to know about the U.S. Department of Education’s new proposed definition of ...

Ulrich is the Lillian S. Brunner endowed chair in medical and surgical nursing, and professor of nursing and medical ethics and health policy, at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and ...

The “professional” label would allow students to borrow larger amounts of federal loans to pursue graduate degrees. A ...

A new federal policy classifying advanced nursing degrees as ‘nonprofessional’ will likely hurt the profession and patient ...

A group of bipartisan lawmakers has sent a letter to the Education Department urging it to add nursing to the list of ...

Under Trump's budget bill, those in "professional degree" programs can borrow more in student loans than those pursuing other graduate degrees.

A coalition of nursing and other health care organizations are angry over a Trump administration plan that could limit access to student loans in some cases. Students pursuing graduate degrees in ...

Nursing isn't considering a professional degree for the purposes of student loans. Will this impact the industry?

In an effort to counter the backlash from health care organizations, the Department of Education released a fact sheet addressing the proposed loan caps for graduate nursing students.

On Nov. 6, The Department of Education created a new list of “professional degrees,” excluding nursing and other medical careers from qualifying. The degrees will be facing major federal loan cuts.