College of San Mateo Delivery Mode Course Comparison (2/3/2010)
Distance Education vs. Traditional Mode
Student Success Indicators: Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2008
HIST 202 United States History II (3 Units), Telecourse Mode
Part I—Summary: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
# Sections
#Enrollments
% Success
% Retention
Fall 2006
Distance
Traditional
1
3
61
85
29.5
70.6
77
83.5
Fall 2007
Distance
Traditional
1
4
56
96
34.5
69.8
70.9
85.4
Fall 2008
Distance
Traditional
1
2
37
63
73.5
71
85.3
87.1
Distance
3
154
41.3
76.7
Total
Traditional
9
244
70.4
85.2
Part II—Demographic Profile: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
Distance
Demographic
Variable
Traditional
Distance
Traditional
Count
%
Count
%
Success
Retention
%
Success
%
Retention
Success
Retention
%
Success
%
Retention
Ethnicity
Asian
Black
Filipino
Hispanic
Native Am
Pac Islander
White
Other
Unrecorded
Total
20
12
10
32
1
3
61
11
0
150
13.3
8.0
6.7
21.3
0.7
2.0
40.7
7.3
0.0
100
27
6
13
34
2
5
127
27
2
243
11.1
2.5
5.3
14
0.8
2.1
52.3
11.1
0.8
100
6
3
4
10
0
1
33
5
0
62
11
10
8
24
1
1
50
10
0
115
30.0
25.0
40.0
31.2
0.0
33.3
54.1
45.5
0.0
41.3
55.0
83.3
80.0
75.0
100.0
33.3
82.0
90.9
0.0
76.7
19
3
4
20
2
0
101
21
1
171
20
4
8
28
2
3
115
26
1
207
70.4
50.0
30.8
58.8
100.0
0.0
79.5
77.8
50.0
70.4
74.1
66.7
61.5
82.4
100.0
60.0
90.6
96.3
50.0
85.2
Gender
Female
Male
Unrecorded
Total
95
54
1
150
63.3
36.0
0.7
100
108
131
4
243
44.4
53.9
1.6
100
39
23
0
62
72
42
1
115
41.1
42.6
0.0
41.3
75.8
77.8
100.0
76.7
75
94
2
171
86
118
3
207
69.4
71.8
50.0
70.4
79.6
90.1
75.0
85.2
Age
19 or less
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
50+
Unrecorded
Total
19
42
27
13
13
21
15
0
150
12.7
28.0
18.0
8.7
8.7
14.0
10.0
0.0
100
105
97
20
6
1
9
3
2
243
43.2
39.9
8.2
2.5
0.4
3.7
1.2
0.8
100
7
9
11
5
8
12
10
0
62
17
26
21
10
12
18
11
0
115
36.8
21.4
40.7
38.5
61.5
57.1
66.7
0.0
41.3
89.5
61.9
77.8
76.9
92.3
85.7
73.3
0.0
76.7
85
59
11
5
1
7
2
1
171
99
74
14
6
1
9
3
1
207
81.0
60.8
55.0
83.3
100.0
77.8
66.7
50.0
70.4
94.3
76.3
70.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
50.0
85.2
DEFINITIONS AND NOTES:
Overview of Data: This is a
delivery-mode comparison of
student success in distance mode
courses (online courses or
telecourses) with their traditional
mode counterparts, if offered.
The comparison spans Fall
semesters only: F’06, F’07, F’ 08.
Part I: Enrollment & Student
Outcomes
Displays summary data of total
enrollment, numbers of sections
offered, retention, and success.
Part II: Demographic Profile
Displays comparative
demographic data aggregated
with retention and success data.
This includes totals for all Fall
semesters combined.
Enrollments: Indicates a
duplicated headcount that is the
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 %: Also known as
“successful course completion.”
The percentage of enrollments
with a grade of A, B, C, CR at
end-of-term.”
(*) Indicates no distance course
offered and no comparison
Prepared by the Office of Planning,
Research, and Institutional
Effectiveness (PRIE)
collegeofsanmateo.edu/prie
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