A federal proposal to sharply limit how much graduate nursing students can borrow is raising alarm among students, educators ...

An alarm is sounding at the University of Iowa after a graduate program in the College of Nursing raised concerns over a ...

At a time of major workforce shortages, why would the Department of Education make it harder for nurses to obtain advanced ...

I am alarmed by the Department of Education’s proposal to remove nursing from its list of “professional degree” programs, ...

The new rule caps loans for grad students in what the Department of Education considers "nonprofessional fields," which ...

The controversy involves a list of graduate-level career paths considered "professional" degrees that could qualify for ...

Weeder, dean of the George Washington University School of Nursing, appeared on The Final 5 with Jim Lokay to explain the ...

The new rule caps loans for grad students in what the Department of Education considers "non-professional fields," which ...

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

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.

Some nursing jobs require no advanced degree, and research shows nurses typically complete their degrees with loan amounts under the new cap. However, the proposed change would put a new burden on ...

The university said the program is a new, accelerated path for those who have a bachelor’s degree in a non-nursing field.