News

2024

John Castellan Student Paper Award

Congratulations to first-year PhD student Zhen Xu for receiving the John Castellan Student Paper Award from the Society for Computation in Psychology! This annual award honors the most outstanding student paper on the application of computational or computerized methods to any area of psychology.

PEAR Fellowship

Congratulations to first-year PhD student Daniel March for receiving the Postsecondary Education Applied Research (PEAR) Fellowship to support his doctoral study! This fellowship provides doctoral students with training in advanced quantitative analysis and the practical skills needed for a career in applied research in postsecondary education.

Ben D. Wood Fellowship

Congratulations to first-year PhD student Zhen Xu for receiving the Ben D. Wood Fellowship to support her doctoral study! This fellowship provides a four-year full-tuition scholarship and a stipend to new doctoral students studying technology and education at Teachers College.

Research on Online Self-Directed Learning Covered by Inside Higher Ed

Dr. Yu and Chengyuan’s L@S paper on rapid-cycle evaluation of technology-supported instructional strategies to enhance self-directed learning in online education was reported by Inside Higher Ed, a leading online publication covering American higher education.

TC Grant on Curricular Analytics

We received an internal one-year grant from Teachers College to collaborate on a new project with the Community College Research Center (CCRC). We will leverage large-scale curricular analytics to understand skill development and student success in higher education.

Research on Data Equity Covered by Teachers College Newsroom

Dr. Yu was interviewed by Teachers College Newsroom about his research at the interaction of educational data and equity, such as the unintended consequences generative AI.

2023

Research on Collaborative Model Development Covered by Cornell Chronicle

Dr. Yu and colleagues’ FAccT paper on cross-institutional transfer learning to improve student retention prediction across institutions was covered by Cornell Chronicle.

Research on Student Experience Covered by the Chronicle of Higher Education

Dr. Yu and colleagues from UCI shared research that leverages big data to understand student experience with the Chronicle of Higher Education, a leading news outlet covering U.S. academia.

SoLAR Emerging Scholar Award

Congratulations to Dr. Yu for receiving the Emerging Scholar Award from the Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR)! SoLAR is an inter-disciplinary network of leading international researchers who are exploring the role and impact of analytics on teaching, learning, training and development.

LEVI Grant on Fairness and Transfer Learning

We received a two-year grant from the Learning Engineering Virtual Institute (LEVI). In collaboration with researchers at Cornell and UMich, we will conduct research to support algorithmic fairness and transfer learning in education.

Expert View on ChatGPT

Dr. Yu shared expert opinions on the risks and awards of ChatGPT in education with Teachers College Newsroom.

2022

Research on Big Data Predictions Covered by EdSurge

Dr. Yu’s research with colleagues from UVA on predictive value of LMS data in higher education was covered by EdSurge, a leading nonprofit newsroom reporting on edtech.

Launching AEQUITAS Lab

The AEQUITAS Lab is officially launched at Teachers College, Columbia University!