College of San Mateo Delivery Mode Course Comparison
Distance Education vs. Traditional Mode
Student Success Indicators: Fall 2005, Fall 2006, Fall 2007
Biology 130, “Human Biology,” (3 units) Online Mode
Fall 2005
Distance
Traditional
-
# Sections
# Enrollments
% Success
% Retention
Demographic
Variable
Distance
Fall 2006
Distance
Traditional
-
Traditional
Distance
Fall 2007
Distance
Traditional
1
2
25
100
59.1
69.7
68.2
88.9
Distance
1
25
59.1
68.2
Total
Traditional
2
100
69.7
88.9
Traditional
Count
Col%
Count
Col%
Success
Retention
%
Success
%
Retention
Success
Retention
%
Success
%
Retention
Ethnicity
Asian
Black
Filipino
Hispanic
Native Am
Pac Islander
White
Other
Unrecorded
Total
2
2
2
4
0
1
6
5
0
22
9.1
9.1
9.1
18.2
0
4.5
27.3
22.7
0
100
10
3
14
29
0
0
28
14
1
99
10.1
3
14.1
29.3
0
0
28.3
14.1
1
100
2
0
0
2
0
0
4
5
0
13
2
0
1
2
0
0
5
5
0
15
100
0
0
50
0
66.7
100
59.1
100
0
50
50
0
83.3
100
68.2
10
2
9
19
0
0
19
10
0
69
10
3
14
23
0
0
24
13
1
88
100
66.7
64.3
65.5
67.9
71.4
80
69.7
100
100
100
79.3
85.7
92.9
100
88.9
Gender
Female
Male
Unrecorded
Total
15
6
1
22
68.2
27.3
0
100
60
34
5
99
60.6
34.3
1
100
9
3
1
13
9
5
1
15
60
50
100
59.1
60
83.3
100
68.2
38
27
4
69
52
31
5
88
63.3
79.4
80
69.7
86.7
91.2
100
88.9
Age
19 or less
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
50+
Unrecorded
3
10
1
2
2
2
2
0
13.6
45.5
4.5
9.1
9.1
9.1
9.1
0
39
38
8
6
2
5
0
1
39.4
38.4
8.1
6.1
2
5.1
0
1
3
6
1
1
0
1
1
0
3
7
1
1
1
1
1
0
100
60
100
50
0
50
50
-
100
70
100
50
50
50
50
-
28
25
5
6
2
3
0
0
32
36
7
6
2
4
0
1
71.8
65.8
62.5
100
100
60
0
82.1
94.7
87.5
100
100
80
100
Total
22
100
99
100
13
15
59.1
68.2
69
88
69.7
88.9
DEFINITIONS AND NOTES:
Online course not offered Fall
2005 and Fall 2006.
(*) Asterisk indicates no traditional
course offered.
Demographic Data:
Student success data are the sum
of Fall semesters when offered.
Enrollments/Dup. Headcount:
Sum of end-of-term enrollments.
Retention %:
The percentage of enrollments
with a grade of A, B, C, D, F, CR,
NC, I, at end-of-term. (Only
excludes W’s.)
Success %:
The percentage of enrollments
with a grade of A, B, C, CR at
end-of-term.
NOTE:
In some cases there may be
discrepancies between the totals
for "Enrollments/Duplicated
Headcount" and the "Successful
Course Completion Rates." This
discrepancy is not an error. The
course-completion rates may
reflect the fact that some
students dropped before
receiving a "W," and, therefore,
are not included in the enrollment
count.
Prepared by CSM’s Office of
Planning, Research, and
Institutional Effectiveness, 12/2008