WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Tracie Kirkland, a nursing scholar with doctoral preparation in nursing practice and research, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education urging the agency to include post-baccalaureate nursing degrees in the definition of professional degree programs under the proposed Reimagining and Improving Student Education rule. Kirkland shared their personal journey as a first-generation college student from a Historically Black College and University. T more ST