A technical definition inside federal student loan rules has become the focus of a growing dispute in Washington. A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging the United States Education Department to ...

The designation, which now extends to nursing and other programs, doubles the federal student loan cap to $200,000 for ...

The Trump administration has expanded its list of graduate degrees it considers “professional” for federal student-loan purposes in response to a court order issued last week. But the list still lacks ...

The U.S. Department of Education violated the law when it set a definition of “professional” graduate degree that excluded education and several other fields, a federal judge has ruled. The Wednesday ...