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professional programs
Coverage of professional programs in the Nexus archive.
- Nursing degrees gain 'professional' designation after judge's ruling, but theology now dropped
A federal judge's ruling temporarily expanded student loan limits for nursing and other graduate programs by reclassifying them as 'professional' degrees, but theology and similar fields were removed from the designation. The U.S. Education Department revised its rule to comply with the court order, maintaining a legal challenge to the original Trump administration policy.