Judge blocks new professional student loan restrictions
The ruling preserves higher borrowing limits for more programs while litigation continues over the Education Department’s narrower definition, which plaintiffs said excluded nursing and education.
- A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's new rule lowering federal student loan limits for graduate degrees in nursing and healthcare fields.
- Eight trade organizations sued to stop the rule from taking effect on July 1, and the judge sided with them.
- Judge Beryl Howell ruled that the Education Department lacked authority to narrow the definition of 'professional degree,' violating the Administrative Procedure Act.
- The judge did not prevent enforcement of the new loan caps, stating she could not override Congress's elimination of uncapped borrowing.
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Court pauses new federal limits on graduate student loans
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Education’s new rule narrowing what counts as a “professional degree,” which would have set stricter federal student loan caps for many graduate students, Louisiana Illuminator reports. The rule, part of broader Trump-era education reforms tied to a 2025 law, limits “professional degrees” to just 11 fields, including law, medicine, pharmacy and theology. Students in excluded fields …
Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump Administration’s Student Loan Borrowing Limits – 100PercentFedUp.com – by Russell
As millions of Americans come to terms with the fact that the loans they signed for as college freshmen now have to be paid back, many parents and college applicants are reconsidering whether they should borrow at all, and if so, how much. And as part of his effort to address the free-flowing cash that led to the current student loan debt crisis, President Donald Trump pushed for caps on the amount that students can borrow in certain situations…
Judge blocks limits on graduate student loans
FILE-Demonstrators display signs of protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court, on June 30, 2023. (Photo by Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images) A federal judge has blocked a portion of a Trump administration plan that would have limited access to loans for students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy, public health, and some other fields. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell took issue with the Department of Educatio…
Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Student Loan Caps for Nurses and Therapists
A federal judge halted part of the Trump administration’s new student loan caps late Wednesday, blocking the Education Department’s definition of “professional degree” that had left nurses, physical therapists, public health workers and dozens of other healthcare fields subject to lower borrowing limits than traditional professional programs. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell issued a preliminary injunction after eight professional associations s…
Narrowed Education Department definition of ‘professional’ degrees stopped in federal court • Oklahoma Voice
A federal judge paused a U.S. Department of Education rule with implications for federal student loans for nursing students. (Getty Images) WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Education’s new definition of “professional” fields of study, which set stricter borrowing caps for graduate students pursuing certain degrees. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell specifically halts the departme…
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