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Available reporting compiles 2025 state-by-state LPN/LVN pay but there is no single, authoritative table in the results that directly compares median LPN/LVN vs ADN-RN vs BSN-RN salaries by state; mos...
The U.S. Department of Education’s late‑2025 redefinition of “professional degree” programs removed or narrowed classification for many health, education, and social‑service credentials — explicitly e...
Nurses face rigorous initial education and ongoing training pressures—multiple entry pathways (ADN to BSN) feed into licensure and continuing education, while global analysis spotlights education capa...
Nursing education moved from hospital-based apprenticeship and diploma programs into colleges and universities in waves over the 20th century; today hundreds of universities offer Bachelor of Science ...
The documents in the provided search results show that in November 2025 the U.S. Department of Education proposed or published a narrower definition of “professional degree” that would exclude many fi...
The Department of Education (ED) proposed in late 2025 to narrow which graduate programs count as “professional degrees,” a change that would remove many fields — including nursing, social work, publi...
The Department of Education’s recent rulemaking language would exclude most nursing programs from its regulatory definition of “professional degree,” which trims annual and lifetime federal borrowing ...
Available reporting shows that state boards of nursing set licensure standards and approve nursing programs; most BSN programs are accredited and designed to meet individual state requirements for RN ...
The Department of Education’s 2025 proposal would sharply narrow which programs count as “professional degrees” for federal loan limits, cutting the list from roughly 2,000 to fewer than 600 and expli...
You can’t find a single official “side‑by‑side changelog” in the provided reporting; coverage shows the Department of Education issued a new proposal and lists that shrink the set of programs the agen...
The Department of Education’s late‑November 2025 proposal would exclude many graduate programs — including nursing, physician assistant, physical therapy and some engineering and business master’s pro...
The available reporting indicates federal and state rules already treat licensure eligibility and exam prerequisites as primarily governed by state licensing boards’ education requirements, disclosure...
You asked for the exact sentence or paragraph the Department of Education used to classify nursing as “non‑professional.” Available reporting shows multiple news outlets and nursing organizations sayi...
The Department of Education’s recent regulatory change has removed nursing from the explicit examples of “professional degree” discussion, and reporting says the agency now excludes nursing from being...
Legal challenges against states that change licensure exams after a change in nursing degree status could include claims of arbitrary rulemaking, equal protection or due process violations, contract/v...
The Department of Education has proposed narrowing which graduate programs count as “professional degrees,” a change that would shrink the list from roughly 2,000 programs to fewer than 600 and remove...
The question of which professions were most affected by a Department of Education proposal to reclassify “professional degrees” centers on nursing, with multiple outlets reporting nursing programs wer...
Available reporting shows a flurry of late‑2025 moves and proposals from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) that changed which graduate programs it counts as “professional degrees,” with many nursi...
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...
The available reporting shows that in November 2025 the U.S. Department of Education (under the Trump administration) proposed or rolled out a narrower definition of which graduate programs count as “...