Explore why public health is a professional degree and the advocacy for its recognition under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

A new proposal from the Trump administration could increase financial barriers for graduate students pursuing degrees in ...

Every American deserves to live in a community where health workers are trained, accessible and valued. Downgrading these ...

A plan released by the U.S. Department of Education would place caps on student aid borrowing for graduate programs based on whether the program is deemed professional.

A new federal policy classifying advanced nursing degrees as ‘nonprofessional’ will likely hurt the profession and patient ...

Health care workers are raising concerns about the U.S. Department of Education’s proposal to narrow which graduate programs ...

For Omar Morales-Haro, pursuing a public health degree while training to be a doctor just made sense. “When we’re in the business of helping people improve their health, we should be taking a step ...

Nurses, social workers and other public health fields are slated to no longer be considered "professional degrees" in 2026, a ...

We should be making it easier to pursue nursing and PA school rather than driving students away with the possibility of ...

A bipartisan group in Congress is urging the Education Department to add nursing to a list of college programs that are ...

The department’s federal loan cap for the degrees considered professional is $200,000, compared to the non-professional cap ...

Chaminade University Dean of Nursing Lorin Ramocki and Hawaiʻi Pacific University Dean of Health Sciences Tricia Catalino spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about federal funding for health ...