MONDAY, NORWICH: REP. COURTNEY, SEN. MARX, CONNECTICUT NURSES TO DECRY FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN CAPS FOR GRADUATE DEGREES

 
Who: U.S. Congressman Joe Courtney
Connecticut State Senator Martha Marx
Mary Ellen Jukoski, President of CT State Quinebaug Valley and CT State Three Rivers
Victoria Vaughn Dickson, Dean of the UConn Elisabeth Deluca School of Nursing
Kimberly Sandor, Executive Director of the Connecticut Nurses’ Association
Terri Williams, President of the Connecticut Association of Nursing Anesthesiology 

Where: CT State Three Rivers, 574 New London Turnpike, Norwich, CT – Second-Floor Nursing Lab

When: Monday, May 18, 11 a.m.
 
On Monday morning, U.S. Congressman Joe Courtney, State Senator Martha Marx, a career nurse, and educational and nursing leaders will come together to decry new federal caps for graduate degree loans. The Department of Education’s new rules exclude several degrees, including nursing and social work, from its definition of “professional,” which imposes a cap on student loans, halving the amounts students can borrow.

Congressman Courtney and Senator Marx will call attention to this cut in aid despite approximately one in four to one in five students’ costs exceeding the newly imposed caps. They will also note that the cuts impact health care roles despite persistent staffing shortages in the health care industry in recent years, with potential negative impacts on workforce pipelines and quality of care.