The Department of Education issued final regulations in April that fail to recognize post-baccalaureate nursing degrees – MSN, DNP, DNAP, and PhD – as professional degrees, severely limiting the amount of federal financial aid available to nursing students. These new caps...

Federal funding for nursing education programs is in jeopardy. The Trump administration proposed eliminating funds for all programs under Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act except the Nurse Corps Program in its fiscal 2026 budget, and House appropriators advanced a...

The 119th Congress is in session, facing decisions on issues that are crucial to the future of academic nursing. It is critically important that legislators hear from nurse educators in their home states and districts about the challenges they face and what Congress can do...