Department officials and the advisory committee will need to figure how to determine which programs qualify as either graduate or professional. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | FabrikaCr and ivanastar/iStock/Getty Images

Despite the possibility of a government shutdown next week, the Education Department is slated to begin the complicated endeavor of determining how to carry out the sweeping higher ed changes in Congress’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The agenda for the weeklong meeting, which kicks off Monday, includes hammering out details about loan repayment plans and how to help struggling borrowers return to good standing. The key issue on the table, though, will likely be determining how best to differentiate between graduate and professional degree p

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