Does President Donald Trump’s administration consider your graduate degree “professional”? If you’re planning to finance it with federal loans, that definition will soon make a big difference in the ...

The video above is from previous WAVY coverage on the nursing shortage. PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) —Virginia nursing leaders are ...

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 ...

Under the proposed measure, students pursuing graduate degrees outside of ‘professional’ programs are limited to borrowing $20,500 a year, while professional degree students can borrow up to $50,000 a ...

Change has come as a shock to those in these professions, most of whom are required to obtain master's or doctoral degrees ...

The U.S. Department of Education finalized limits on federal loans for graduate programs on Nov. 6, and changes have sparked disapproval from many professional groups. Along with eliminating the Grad ...

If you’re an aspiring nurse, educator, social worker, or speech pathologist, chances are you’ve heard a lot of chatter about the Trump administration’s plan to reclassify what degrees are considered ...

The Trump administration has decided that, for student loan programs at least, nursing programs are not "professional" degrees. While the decision simply means nursing students will be subject to a ...