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NEW YORK, NY - MAY 01: Bronx VA Medical Center nurses hold a demonstration and join other nationwide ‘May Day’ actions demanding increased COVID-19 protections for nurses and health care workers on ...

The Trump administration’s plan to redefine what constitutes a professional degree would exclude nursing and limit access to student loans — outraging national health care groups and leaving nursing ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Trump administration proposes excluding nursing and other fields from “professional” designation, capping graduate ...

There is a panic spreading across social media about the reclassification of many graduate degrees as non-professional, and how that could affect pay scales, as well as the amount people can borrow to ...

As President Donald Trump's administration redefines which degrees are considered "professional," many graduate students are left with questions and concerns about how to finance their education. Who ...

The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has updated which majors fall under its definition of “professional” degrees, and student loans could be affected in the long term. Under the revamped definition ...

In late 2025, the Department of Education said it would no longer classify these credentials as professional degrees: education (including teaching master’s degrees), nursing (MSN, DNP), social work ...

The combined Bachelor’s/Master’s degree programs allow acceleration toward graduate study and are intended for highly motivated candidates who wish to pursue an ...

Last month, Manchester University, a private liberal arts college two hours north of Indianapolis, became the first college in Indiana to win approval to offer reduced-credit bachelor’s degrees. The ...

Back in 2023 the New Yorker declared “the end of the English Major.” It was a bold claim, but there was plenty of data to back it up. From 2012 to 2020, the number of students majoring in subjects ...