ICYMI: Earlier this week, ANA President Dr. Jennifer Mensik Kennedy joined CNN to discuss the potential impact of excluding nursing from the definition of “professional degree” programs. "This is going to have a devastating effect for everyone trying to get healthcare services." Join the over 200,000 nurses and patients who have signed ANA’s petition calling on the Department of Education to modify the policy before issuing the proposed rule: https://americannurs.es/professional-degree-petition

Nursing has been excluded as a “professional degree” by the Trump administration, as the Department of Education prepares to make massive cuts to student loan programs. The details are laid out in President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.” Under this bill, only “professional degree” students will be eligible for the higher loan limit of $200,000, while graduate students are capped at $100,000, Newsweek reports. The Department of Education classifies the following degree programs as “prof