College of San Mateo Delivery Mode Course Comparison
Distance Education vs. Traditional Mode
Student Success Indicators: Fall 2005, Fall 2006, Fall 2007
Business Applications – Windows Platform 415, “Spreadsheet I Using EXCEL for Windows,” (1.5 units) Online Mode
Fall 2005
Distance
Traditional
1
4
25
82
59.1
67.1
100
95.7
# Sections
# Enrollments
% Success
% Retention
Demographic
Variable
Distance
Fall 2006
Distance
Traditional
1
4
29
77
69
78.6
100
88.6
Traditional
Distance
Fall 2007
Distance
Traditional
1
5
17
86
82.4
77.3
100
86.7
Distance
3
71
69.1
100
Total
Traditional
13
245
74.4
90.2
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
14
7
3
10
0
3
24
7
0
68
20.6
10.3
4.4
14.7
0
4.4
35.3
10.3
0
100
46
3
13
54
2
7
70
19
1
215
21.4
1.4
6
25.1
0.9
3.3
32.6
8.8
0.5
100
12
5
3
8
0
1
14
4
0
47
14
7
3
10
0
3
24
7
0
68
85.7
71.4
100
80
33.3
58.3
57.1
69.1
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
40
2
11
39
1
5
49
13
0
160
45
3
11
48
1
7
62
16
1
194
87
66.7
84.6
72.2
50
71.4
70
68.4
40
74.4
97.8
100
84.6
88.9
50
100
88.6
84.2
80
90.2
Gender
Female
Male
Unrecorded
Total
47
19
2
68
69.1
27.9
0
100
146
64
5
215
67.9
29.8
0.5
100
33
13
1
47
47
19
2
68
70.2
68.4
50
69.1
100
100
100
100
118
40
2
160
135
55
4
194
80.8
62.5
40
74.4
92.5
85.9
80
90.2
Age
19 or less
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
50+
Unrecorded
4
13
11
10
12
11
7
0
5.9
19.1
16.2
14.7
17.6
16.2
10.3
0
19
61
27
18
18
43
28
1
8.8
28.4
12.6
8.4
8.4
20
13
0.5
1
7
7
7
10
10
5
0
4
13
11
10
12
11
7
0
25
53.8
63.6
70
83.3
90.9
71.4
-
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
-
14
41
17
15
16
34
23
0
16
54
23
16
17
42
25
1
73.7
67.2
63
83.3
88.9
79.1
82.1
0
84.2
88.5
85.2
88.9
94.4
97.7
89.3
100
Total
68
100
215
100
47
68
69.1
100
160
194
74.4
90.2
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