
Di Xu
Professor & HERA Lab DirectorHigher education policy, online learning, workforce education, and causal evaluation.
Team
Higher education researchers and policy advocates. Explore their profiles and research
Lab leadership and research direction
Research, data, and lab operations

Research operations and project work in higher education, student success, and online learning.

HCI, EdTech, Cyber-Physical Systems

Program Evaluation, Faculty and Student Programming, STEM Education
Postdoctoral researchers

Education policy, institutional structures, classroom relationships, and equity.

Nontraditional postsecondary pathways, workforce credentials, and student success.

Higher Education, Policy Evaluation, College Pathways
Doctoral researchers and research assistants

Higher education policy, student success, educational technology, and STEM equity.

Learning Analytics, Course Design, AI in Education

Higher education policy, college access, online teaching, and educational equity.

Online learning, higher education, equity

Higher Education Policy, AI and Educational Inequality, and College-to-Career Transitions.

Education Policy, Tuition Incentives, Education Finance

higher education policy, and social mobility

Higher education policy, developmental education reform, student success, and equity.

Education Economics, AI4Edu, Higher Education Policy.
External research partners
Former HERA researchers