Donald J. Trump's Big, Hideous Bill contains a doozy. The Department of Education has excluded nursing from professional degree programs. A lot of what is in that travesty of a bill is a slap in the face of Americans, but I didn't think they'd take a shot at nurses, too, who were deemed "essential workers" when the COVID pandemic hit. And there is already a significant nursing shortage. This move will influence how much reimbursement a student receives for their higher education.

Via Blavity :

Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” changed the definition of what is considered a professional program, as well as the eligibility to receive up to $200,000 in student loans, according to Newsweek. The Department of Education will now only consider these fields as professional programs: medicine,

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