WASHINGTON (AP) — Students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy and several other fields will be eligible for higher student loan limits — at least for now — after a federal judge blocked part of a Trump administration rule that held them to lower caps.The U.S. Education Department issued a revised rule on Monday designed to follow the judge’s order from last week, officials told The Associated Press. Agency officials called it a temporary change while they fight in court to keep the original rule, which defined medicine, law and other fields as “professional programs” but excluded nursing and others.“While we disagree with the Court’s analysis regarding the Department’s definition of professional degree programs for purposes of determining eligibility for higher loan limits, the Department is complying with the order,” undersecretary Nicholas Kent said in a statement.
The change represents a short-term win for groups that sued to stop the rule. Eight groups challenged the department’s definition in court, representing nurse practitioners, therapists, speech language pathologists and more.
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