ASPPH is leading national advocacy to ensure that public health degrees remain recognized and supported as professional under the Department of Education’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) proposal.

Ronald Weiser, former University of Michigan regent and former Michigan GOP chair, and two other individuals have also been recommended for honorary degrees.

Key Points ・A new federal law creates a "Do No Harm" earnings test: programs whose graduates earn less than comparable high school graduates will lose access to federal student loans starting in the ...

Grad PLUS loans will no longer be an option for new borrowers after July 1, 2026. Historically, the Grad PLUS loan allowed ...

Starting next year, FSU is looking to offer a few new degrees for students interested in reaching higher levels ...

Excluding nursing from the federal list of professional advanced degree programs is part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Of all government departments, one would think the Department of Education ...

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The United States Department of Education’s move to narrow the definition of “professional” graduate degree programs beginning July 1 has many concerned about its impact, particularly those in the ...

A federal proposal to change the definition of what counts as a professional degree could have unintended workforce implications for the senior living and care sector, according to national aging ...

Members of Congress have sent a letter to the Department of Education demanding that the Trump administration's policy, which determines nursing is not a "professional" degree, be reversed, amid what ...

The Illinois attorney general is joining 25 other states in telling federal education officials they oppose the redefinition of a "professional degree," which they said would make nursing degrees more ...

The Department of Education’s narrow definition of “professional degree” could slash annual loan limits for PA and NP students by more than half. Deadline for submitting comments is March 2, 2026.