A new Department of Education rule will exclude most nursing programs from the “professional degree” category.

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — According to the Nebraska Hospital Association, 73 of Nebraska’s counties have nurse-to-patient ratios below the national average, and another nine have no registered nurses at ...

The new rule caps loans for grad students in what the Department of Education considers "nonprofessional fields," which includes nursing. A recently passed congressional spending bill could lead to ...

More than 80,000 qualified applicants were turned away from nursing schools in 2024—not because they lacked ability but because federal policy has chronically underfinanced the educators who would ...

At a time when New Jersey needs more nurses, federal student loan policy is suddenly making it harder to finance their education. A lot harder. Under recent actions by the U.S. Department of Education ...