The U.S. nursing shortage would worsen under a plan to cap federal student loans, a move the Department of Education said would drop tuition rates.
These students, all juniors at the healthcare-focused Boston Public Schools high school, were preparing to take the state-certified nursing assistant exam in April.
• All other programs, including advanced nursing degrees, are classified as “graduate degrees,” which now have capped federal student loans at $20,500 annually, with a lifetime maximum of $100,000.
Dr. Rebekah Mildenhall, associate department head of nursing at the University of North Georgia (UNG), has earned the 2026 Georgia Association for Nursing Education (GANE) Innovation in Teaching Award ...