Clasp In the News

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From Accountant to CRNA: How a Loan Repayment Program Erased $180K of Student Debt

A career switch prompted by a family health scare led Chance Nadritch from accounting into nursing, and ultimately to a CRNA role in the same cardiac ICU that saved his grandmother's life, funded by Clasp's loan repayment program...

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Grad Loan Uncertainty Looms Despite New ‘Professional’ Degrees

The Education Department's expanded list of "professional" degrees, now covering nursing and PA programs, is doing little to ease uncertainty for schools and financial aid offices as related lawsuits continue...

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After Court Loss, Education Department Raises Loan Limit For More Programs

A federal judge's order forced the Education Department to temporarily expand its "professional programs" list, restoring higher federal loan limits for nursing, PT, and other clinical students...

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New federal loan caps could leave Lehigh Valley students facing major college funding gaps

New federal loan caps threaten to leave clinical health programs facing funding gaps of up to 85%, leading Moravian University to partner with Clasp...

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Federal Loan Policy Is Pricing Women Out of Healthcare’s Most Critical Roles

New federal loan caps taking effect July 1 will hit healthcare's most female-dominated fields hardest, with nurses, PAs, and therapists losing the higher borrowing limits that lawyers and surgeons keep...

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Nurse anesthetists are in high demand. Rochester Regional is trying a new tactic to recruit them

A nurse anesthetist facing $170,000 in student loans found relief through his hospital's partnership with Clasp, which agreed to pay off his debt in full over six years on the job...

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News 10 Ohio: The Big Picture

Marty Dixon, a radiology technician at Ohio Health, discusses how Clasp's loan repayment benefit will cover her $30,000 in student debt for as long as she stays with the health system...

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Forbes C-Suite Unscripted: Building The 'ROTC For Healthcare': How Clasp Is Erasing Medical Student Debt

Tess Michaels talks with Forbes' Maggie McGrath about how the company partners with health systems to pay off clinical workers' student loans, with zero clawbacks...

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New student loan changes taking effect in July could make college less affordable for millions of borrowers

New federal loan cuts and caps taking effect in July will leave students facing a $6.85 billion funding gap, pushing schools and employers to find new ways to fill it...

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Hiring & Empowering Podcast Episode 354: The Hiring Strategy Law Firms Must Fix in 2026

Clasp CEO Tess Michaels joins the Hiring & Empowering Solutions podcast to explain why law firm turnover comes down to hiring and incentive design, not talent scarcity...

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When the Employer Is the Financial Aid Office

Employer-sponsored loan repayment and tuition benefits remain underused and underpublicized, even as federal policy pushes harder toward workforce-aligned education...

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North Carolina system offers student loan repayment program

UNC Health Appalachian (Boone, NC) launched a student loan repayment program with Clasp, offering up to $30,000 for early-career nurses, PT, and imaging staff...

Business Wire

Clasp Raises $20M Series B to Scale ROTC Model for Clinician Retention in Healthcare

Clasp, a company that helps healthcare employers build long-term talent pipelines by connecting with clinicians before graduation and tying student loan repayment to tenure, today announced a $20 million Series B...

Fierce Healthcare

Clasp, loan-linked hiring tool for employers, clinches $20M to expand amid federal loan caps

The series B round was led by Crosslink Capital and Digitalis Ventures, alongside other investors, bringing Clasp’s total raised to $50 million. The latest capital will accelerate...

Modern Healthcare

What today's healthcare workers want from their employers

Burnout and the graying of the workforce are the latest challenges healthcare employers are grappling with — but there have been many challenges over the past 50 years...

 
Business Insider

The 18 most promising startups in healthcare in 2025, according to investors

The initiative, coordinated through Clasp, marks a shift in how health systems attract talent — by securing job commitments from students before they graduate and...

Beckers Hospital Review

Health systems put $100M toward student debt

Several health systems and hospitals are collaborating with Clasp, a talent recruiting company, to sponsor more than $100 million in loan repayments and early...

Boston Globe

Nursing students could get debt relief from Boston startup Clasp

The company arranges loans for students studying to take on medical roles and matches the borrower with an employer, which will help them...

Yahoo Finance

How Clasp sets up 'win-win' scenario for students, employers

Clasp founder and CEO Tess Michaels joins Wealth! to discuss her mission of connecting students with employers who will invest in their education and careers.

Medical Economics

Top health systems pledge $100M to fight staffing and student debt crises

The initiative, coordinated through Clasp, marks a shift in how health systems attract talent — by securing job commitments from students before they graduate and...