College of San Mateo Delivery Mode Course Comparison
Distance Education vs. Traditional Mode
Student Success Indicators: Fall 2005, Fall 2006, Fall 2007
Business 100, “Contemporary American Business,” (3 units) Telecourse Mode
Fall 2005
Distance
Traditional
1
5
32
188
60
57.4
76.7
75
# Sections
# Enrollments
% Success
% Retention
Demographic
Variable
Distance
Fall 2006
Distance
Traditional
1
5
9
164
55.6
52.5
100
72.2
Traditional
Distance
Fall 2007
Distance
Traditional
1
6
26
204
40
57.4
64
80.2
Distance
3
67
51.6
75
Total
Traditional
16
556
56
76.1
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
12
2
4
11
2
3
24
5
1
64
18.8
3.1
6.3
17.2
3.1
4.7
37.5
7.8
1.6
100
101
19
36
103
4
16
208
55
6
548
18.4
3.5
6.6
18.8
0.7
2.9
38
10
1.1
100
9
1
2
5
2
1
11
2
0
33
11
2
2
6
2
2
18
4
1
48
75
50
50
45.5
100
33.3
45.8
40
0
51.6
91.7
100
50
54.5
100
66.7
75
80
100
75
65
5
18
37
1
8
143
27
3
307
80
9
29
68
2
11
168
44
6
417
64.4
26.3
50
35.9
25
50
68.8
49.1
53.3
56
79.2
47.4
80.6
66
50
68.8
80.8
80
80
76.1
Gender
Female
Male
Unrecorded
Total
30
33
1
64
46.9
51.6
1.6
100
215
318
15
548
39.2
58
1.1
100
16
17
0
33
22
25
1
48
53.3
51.5
0
51.6
73.3
75.8
100
75
129
170
8
307
166
239
12
417
60
53.5
53.3
56
77.2
75.2
80
76.1
Age
19 or less
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
50+
Unrecorded
7
25
16
6
2
3
4
1
10.9
39.1
25
9.4
3.1
4.7
6.3
1.6
295
184
32
7
9
12
3
6
53.8
33.6
5.8
1.3
1.6
2.2
0.5
1.1
3
12
9
3
1
3
2
0
4
20
13
3
1
3
3
1
42.9
48
56.3
50
50
100
50
0
57.1
80
81.3
50
50
100
75
100
165
98
18
4
7
10
2
3
224
134
25
6
9
11
2
6
55.9
53.3
56.3
57.1
77.8
83.3
66.7
50
75.9
72.8
78.1
85.7
100
91.7
66.7
100
Total
64
100
548
100
33
48
51.6
75
307
417
56
76.1
DEFINITIONS AND NOTES:
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