College of San Mateo Delivery Mode Course Comparison
Distance Education vs. Traditional Mode
Student Success Indicators: Fall 2005, Fall 2006, Fall 2007
Consumer Arts and Sciences 310, “Nutrition,” (3 units) Telecourse Mode
Fall 2005
Distance
Traditional
1
1
71
39
60
66.7
88.6
72.2
# Sections
# Enrollments
% Success
% Retention
Demographic
Variable
Distance
Fall 2006
Distance
Traditional
1
1
54
38
66
78.9
81.1
89.5
Traditional
Distance
Fall 2007
Distance
Traditional
1
60
58.9
73.2
-
Distance
3
185
61.5
81.6
Total
Traditional
2
77
73
81.1
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
22
6
27
32
3
2
68
18
1
179
12.3
3.4
15.1
17.9
1.7
1.1
38
10.1
0.6
100
9
2
8
21
0
0
25
9
0
74
12.2
2.7
10.8
28.4
0
0
33.8
12.2
0
100
17
5
13
14
2
1
45
13
0
110
20
5
20
24
2
2
57
16
0
146
77.3
83.3
48.1
43.8
66.7
50
66.2
72.2
0
61.5
90.9
83.3
74.1
75
66.7
100
83.8
88.9
0
81.6
8
1
8
13
0
0
18
6
0
54
8
1
8
16
0
0
21
6
0
60
88.9
50
100
61.9
72
66.7
73
88.9
50
100
76.2
84
66.7
81.1
Gender
Female
Male
Unrecorded
Total
128
48
3
179
71.5
26.8
0.6
100
56
18
0
74
75.7
24.3
0
100
80
29
1
110
104
41
1
146
62.5
60.4
33.3
61.5
81.3
85.4
33.3
81.6
40
14
0
54
44
16
0
60
71.4
77.8
73
78.6
88.9
81.1
Age
19 or less
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
50+
Unrecorded
19
67
40
18
14
16
4
1
10.6
37.4
22.3
10.1
7.8
8.9
2.2
0.6
9
32
11
8
7
6
1
0
12.2
43.2
14.9
10.8
9.5
8.1
1.4
0
10
39
24
11
10
12
4
0
13
57
34
14
11
13
4
0
52.6
58.2
60
61.1
71.4
75
100
0
68.4
85.1
85
77.8
78.6
81.3
100
0
4
24
9
6
6
4
1
0
6
28
9
6
6
4
1
0
44.4
75
81.8
75
85.7
66.7
100
-
66.7
87.5
81.8
75
85.7
66.7
100
-
Total
179
100
74
100
110
146
61.5
81.6
54
60
73
81.1
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