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here is a panic spreading across social media about the reclassification of many graduate degrees as non-professional, and how that could affect pay scales, as well as the amount people can borrow to pay for those degrees). If you’re an employer, the two questions you actually need answered are: “Do I have to reclassify anyone?” (no), and ‘Will this make it harder or more expensive to hire in certain pr
ofessions?” Probably. What the proposed change in ‘profess
ional degree status’ means The proposed changes to the U.S. Department of Education’s regulation on how graduate degrees are classified can be found here, if you’re inclined