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  1. Student, Course Design, or Context? Studying the Determinants of Academic Procrastination at Scale

    Article • June 2026, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Conrad Borchers, Di Xu

  2. Varying Impacts: The Role of Student Self-Evaluation in Navigating Learning Analytics

    Article • July 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Di Xu

  3. Noncredit Education in Community College: Students, Course Enrollments, and Academic Outcomes

    Article • Community College Review, September 2019, SAGE Publications

    Di Xu

  4. Getting Academically Underprepared Students Ready through College Developmental Education: Does the Course Delivery Format Matter?

    Article • American Journal of Distance Education, April 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Di Xu

  5. Identifying Effective 2- to 4-Year College Transfer Partnerships

    Article • Community College Review, June 2018, SAGE Publications

    Di Xu

  6. Does Contractual Form Matter? The Impact of Different Types of Non-Tenure Track Faculty on College Students’ Academic Outcomes

    Article • Journal of Human Resources, May 2018, University of Wisconsin Press

    Di Xu

  7. Are community college transfer students “a good bet” for 4-year admissions? Comparing academic and labor-market outcomes between transfer and native 4-year college students

    Article • The Journal of Higher Education, February 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Di Xu

  8. How Effective Are Community College Remedial Math Courses for Students With the Lowest Math Skills?

    Article • Community College Review, December 2017, SAGE Publications

    Di Xu

  9. Understanding the Relative Value of Alternative Pathways in Postsecondary Education

    Article • January 2017, Elsevier

    Di Xu

  10. Assistance or Obstacle? The Impact of Different Levels of English Developmental Education on Underprepared Students in Community Colleges

    Article • Educational Researcher, December 2016, American Educational Research Association (AERA)

    Di Xu

  11. What About Certificates? Evidence on the Labor Market Returns to Nondegree Community College Awards in Two States

    Article • Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, June 2016, American Educational Research Association (AERA)

    Di Xu

  12. Does Developmental Education Improve Labor Market Outcomes? Evidence From Two States

    Article • American Educational Research Journal, June 2016, American Educational Research Association (AERA)

    Di Xu

  13. How do online course design features influence student performance?

    Article • Computers & Education, April 2016, Elsevier

    Di Xu

  14. Three Accelerated Developmental Education Programs

    Article • Community College Review, October 2014, SAGE Publications

    Di Xu

  15. Performance Gaps between Online and Face-to-Face Courses: Differences across Types of Students and Academic Subject Areas

    Article • The Journal of Higher Education, September 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Di Xu

  16. Household Income and Preschool Attendance in China

    Article • Child Development, August 2014, Wiley

    Di Xu

  17. Performance Gaps Between Online and Face-to-Face Courses: Differences Across Types of Students and Academic Subject Areas

    Article • The Journal of Higher Education, January 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Di Xu

  18. The impact of online learning on students’ course outcomes: Evidence from a large community and technical college system

    Article • Economics of Education Review, December 2013, Elsevier

    Di Xu

  19. The Effectiveness of Distance Education across Virginia's Community Colleges: Evidence from Introductory College-Level Math and English Courses

    Article • Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, September 2011, American Educational Research Association (AERA)

    Di Xu