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ICE’s internal operations manual lists categories of “probative evidence” agents may use to assess potential U.S. citizenship, but publicly available ICE pages and recent reporting stress that commonl...
U.S. citizens sometimes get detained or, rarely, wrongfully deported; government guidance and legal remedies exist but are complex and agency-driven (see reports on wrongful deportations and ICE/USCIS...
Changes to which programs count as eligible “professional” or nonundergraduate programs — and broader statutory edits in Pub. L. 119‑21 (the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, OBBBA) — affect whether someone...
The law branded the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) expands Pell eligibility by creating a Workforce Pell program for short-term job training and adjusts income/SAI rules, but the reporting provi...
The 2025 FAFSA reclassification replaced the old Expected Family Contribution (EFC) with a Student Aid Index (SAI), shifted the Pell eligibility calculation from an EFC-based cutoff to rules tied to f...
Federal student loans now touch roughly 40–46 million Americans and finance about $1.6–1.8 trillion of consumer debt, shaping household balance sheets, credit markets and public finances . Research an...
The available reporting shows that a 2025 reclassification narrowing which degrees count as “professional” can reduce which borrowers qualify for higher loan limits (like Graduate PLUS) and may change...
Federal policy changes taking effect July 1, 2026 will sharply limit federal loan access for many graduate and nondegree students: nonprofessional graduate programs face a $20,500 annual cap and a $10...
The 2025 reclassification and related legislation (commonly discussed as the “One Big Beautiful Bill/OBBBA” and executive actions in 2025) change who can get federal aid and narrow the pathways to loa...
Loss of “professional” or “professional degree” classification will change how affected programs are treated under new federal rules that phase out Graduate PLUS loans and impose lower, program-level ...
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and subsequent Department of Education rulemaking materially change who can get Pell Grants, which graduate and parent Direct Loan options remain for new borrowe...
The recent reclassification and rulemaking tied to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA/H.R.1) imposed new annual and aggregate federal borrowing caps that differ by program: most graduate programs w...
The 2025 law package (often referenced as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act / Budget Reconciliation Act) changed how Title IV aid is packaged and who can receive it, with major implementation dates begin...
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and implementing Department of Education rules would sharply reduce how much graduate nursing students can borrow, end Grad PLUS for new borrowers starting 2026–...
After the court-ordered reclassification and related rule changes, the Department of Education preserved access to some income-driven options while pausing or delaying full functionality of others: th...
Available reporting in the provided sources shows debate about a Department of Education proposal to narrow which credentials count as “professional degrees,” a change that could reduce some students’...
Yes — in the recent legislative and regulatory changes, students in programs reclassified as eligible for “workforce” or short‑term Pell (programs 150–599 clock hours) remain eligible for Federal Pell...
Reclassification of residency or programs can change how institutions treat tuition and internal job titles, but federal student aid eligibility is governed by FAFSA/Title IV rules — not college-side ...
If your degree is reclassified — for example, your credential no longer counts as the same professional or qualifying degree under new Department of Education rules — borrowers should act quickly to p...
The 2025 reclassification that removed many graduate nursing programs from the Department of Education’s definition of “professional degree” changed how those programs interact with several federal Ti...