Federal Plan to Exclude Nursing from Professional Degree Definition Threatens Nebraska’s Workforce Pipeline

(LINCOLN, NE) – The Nebraska Hospital Association (NHA) today expressed concern with a plan from the U.S. Department of Education that redefines what constitutes a 'professional degree.' The NHA warns that the exclusion of “nursing” in the definition limits student access to federal loans and ultimately threatens access to care for Nebraskans.The change would cap federal loan limit...

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