POLITICSJun 25 · 20:10 UTCWISCONSIN EXAMINERShauneen Miranda

Narrowed Education Department definition of ‘professional’ degrees stopped in federal court

A federal judge blocked the U.S. Department of Education's new definition of 'professional' degrees, which would have imposed lower loan caps on graduate programs like nursing. The ruling halts the rule before its July 1 implementation, calling it overreaching and inconsistent with Congressional intent, but allows other loan caps to proceed.

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U.S. Department of EducationorganizationU.S. District Judge Beryl HowellpersonAmerican Association of Nurse PractitionersorganizationNational Association of Pediatric Nurse PractitionersorganizationAmerican Association of Colleges of NursingorganizationAssociation of Schools and Programs of Public HealthorganizationNational Education AssociationorganizationAmerican Association for Marriage and Family Therapyorganization

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