Dive Brief:
- Competency-based learning and vocational training are two of the big trends expected to make headlines in 2014.
- With student debt ballooning, loans are also expected to make the news.
- Concerns over the privacy of student data will likely also get attention.
Dive Insight:
Some of these themes — competency-based learning, vocational training and student loans — are topics that are tied up in President Barack Obama's plan for higher education affordability. But student data privacy sometimes gets short shrift. It gets some attention, yes, but without concrete examples of things gone wrong, it's too easy to dismiss. All it would take is one high-profile education data breach for it to be among the stories of the new year.