Source :- Nurse.org

The Trump administration is getting ready to change the classification of some academic programs, like nursing, from professional degrees to non-professional degrees. This is part of President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBBA). This has educators and students worried about the high costs of these programs.

The Department of Education (DoE) is likely to use a more limited definition of what counts as a professional degree. This could directly affect who can get certain financial benefits, such as higher levels of student loan support.

Newsweek says that nursing was not specifically mentioned in the federal definition of a professional degree under 34 CFR 668.2, which was written many years ago. The definition that the DoE uses doesn't include other fields like architecture and accounting either.

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) has strongly opposed the administration's plan, saying that the proposed interpretation could make it much harder for nursing students to get loans for OBBBA Implementation. Nursing school is one of the most expensive ways to get a degree in health care, and if financial aid is cut, it could make people less likely to apply, even though the country still needs more healthcare workers.

AACN said that not including nursing in the professional degree category hurts the important role that nursing plays in the U.S. healthcare system and could make it even harder for hospitals and clinics that are already having trouble finding staff.

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