Back to News AACN and NLN Send Letter to Senate HELP on Higher Education Act Reauthorization Tuesday, April 3, 2018 | Policy & Advocacy On April 3, AACN and the National League for Nursing (NLN) sent the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee a聽聽sharing initial perspectives on provisions included in the House鈥檚 PROSPER Act. More specifically, the two associations urge the Committee to consider how reformations to issues including federal student loan borrowing and repayment options would impact the nursing pipeline, particularly with respect to graduate nursing students.