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The Department of Education’s proposed “declassification” of professional degrees would redefine which graduate credentials count as “professional” for federal student aid and reimbursement rules — a ...
The Department of Education’s proposed redefinition of “professional degree” would remove many health-care and some other fields from that classification — nursing (MSN, DNP), physician assistant, occ...
The Department of Education’s 2025 negotiated rulemaking (RISE committee) proposed a narrow definition of “professional degree” that generally limits the category to programs that complete academic re...
The Department of Education’s negotiated rulemaking in late 2025 proposed a much narrower definition of “professional” degrees, effectively removing many graduate programs — including advanced nursing...
The Department of Education’s 2025 negotiated-rulemaking and proposal set a multi-part test that narrows which post‑baccalaureate programs count as “professional” for higher federal loan limits: the p...
The available reporting and advocacy posts show that the U.S. Department of Education’s 2025 rulemaking would sharply narrow which graduate programs are treated as “professional degrees,” cutting the ...
The Department of Education’s new regulatory proposal narrows which programs count as “professional degrees,” cutting the number of eligible programs from roughly 2,000 to under 600 and reserving high...
The Department of Education’s negotiated rulemaking and draft regulations sharply narrows which graduate programs it will treat as “professional degrees,” recognizing only a small set of primary field...
The Department of Education’s recent negotiated rulemaking adopted a specific, regulatory-based definition of “professional degree” for federal loan purposes: it generally tracks the long-standing lis...
Reclassifying degrees — meaning changes to which graduate programs qualify for certain federal loan types or for special repayment/tax treatment — will interact with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OB...
The Department of Education’s negotiated rulemaking (RISE) reached a draft definition that narrows “professional degree” status to roughly 11 primary program areas (plus certain doctoral programs), wh...
The Department of Education’s recent negotiated rulemaking drastically narrows which post‑baccalaureate programs it will treat as “professional,” moving from an open, example‑based list to a specific ...
Reclassifying or redefining degree programs can change whether a program is treated as “professional” for federal, state, and institutional rules — and that can affect disclosures, financial-aid caps,...
There is no evidence in the provided reporting that the TEACH Grant itself is being eliminated; federal materials and campus guides describe the program, eligibility, and ongoing award rules, and the ...
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and subsequent Department of Education rulemaking narrowed which students are eligible for larger loans and replaced the open-ended Grad PLUS with fixed annual a...