A look at the trends, people and terms that shaped 2013, with predictions about the year to come.
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January 2, 2014

Did last year fly by or what? It's a safe bet that 2014 will also be a whirlwind for higher education. So Inside Higher Ed's reporters, editors and bloggers decided to pause and reflect on what went down in 2013 as well as what to expect for next year.
Below is our second annual in and out list. Please let us know what we got wrong (or right) in the comments section. Happy New Year.
2013
2014
Futurists
Historians
Convening
Conference funded by Gates
Competency
Proficiency

Jill Biden at NOVA
Chelsea Clinton at NYU

Hiring
Onboarding
Value proposition
Customer satisfaction

Brazil
Chile

Hating on the Bowl Championship Series
Hating on the College Football Championship

Boycotting Israeli universities
Boycotting academic groups that boycott Israeli universities

Department of Education
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Monitoring athletes on social media
Monitoring faculty on social media
Over-enrolling
Undermatching
Online education as conceived by Sebastian Thrun
Online education as critiqued by Aaron Bady
Colleges deny health care for adjuncts
Colleges push students to sign up for health care
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