College of San Mateo Delivery Mode Course Comparison
Distance Education vs. Traditional Mode
Student Success Indicators: Fall 2005, Fall 2006, Fall 2007
Psychology 100, “General Psychology,” (3 units) Telecourse Mode
Fall 2005
Distance
Traditional
1
10
56
585
60.7
61
85.7
85.2
# Sections
# Enrollments
% Success
% Retention
Demographic
Variable
Distance
Fall 2006
Distance
Traditional
1
12
45
577
67.4
55.5
88.4
87
Traditional
Distance
Fall 2007
Distance
Traditional
1
12
57
616
69.1
59.8
92.7
88.4
Distance
3
158
65.6
89
Total
Traditional
34
1778
58.8
86.9
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
28
5
19
25
1
3
55
18
0
154
18.2
3.2
12.3
16.2
0.6
1.9
35.7
11.7
0
100
279
71
197
337
15
62
588
200
12
1761
15.8
4
11.2
19.1
0.9
3.5
33.4
11.4
0.7
100
18
1
8
18
1
3
41
11
0
101
25
4
16
23
1
3
48
17
0
137
64.3
20
42.1
72
100
100
74.5
61.1
65.6
89.3
80
84.2
92
100
100
87.3
94.4
89
195
38
103
172
6
23
366
124
9
1036
244
66
173
288
10
50
513
174
12
1530
69.9
53.5
52.3
51
40
37.1
62.2
62
60.5
58.8
87.5
93
87.8
85.5
66.7
80.6
87.2
87
94.7
86.9
Gender
Female
Male
Unrecorded
Total
91
60
3
154
59.1
39
0
100
911
812
38
1761
51.7
46.1
0.7
100
59
41
1
101
81
54
2
137
64.8
68.3
33.3
65.6
89
90
66.7
89
545
468
23
1036
770
724
36
1530
59.8
57.6
60.5
58.8
84.5
89.2
94.7
86.9
Age
19 or less
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
50+
Unrecorded
32
49
22
20
9
14
8
0
20.8
31.8
14.3
13
5.8
9.1
5.2
0
1055
492
79
40
24
43
15
13
59.9
27.9
4.5
2.3
1.4
2.4
0.9
0.7
22
28
15
13
7
10
6
0
29
41
19
18
9
14
7
0
68.8
57.1
68.2
65
77.8
71.4
75
-
90.6
83.7
86.4
90
100
100
87.5
-
605
281
50
35
15
30
11
9
930
416
66
38
20
35
13
12
57.3
57.1
63.3
87.5
62.5
69.8
73.3
69.2
88.2
84.6
83.5
95
83.3
81.4
86.7
92.3
Total
154
100
1761
100
101
137
65.6
89
1036
1530
58.8
86.9
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