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
Part I—Summary: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
# Sections
#Enrollments
Fall 2006
Distance Traditional
1 12
Fall 2007
Distance Traditional
1 12
45 577 57 616
% Success 67.4 55.5 69.1 59.8
% Retention 88.4 87 92.7 88.4
Part II—Demographic Profile: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
Demographic
Variable
Ethnicity
Asian
Black
Filipino
Hispanic
Native Am
Pac Islander
White
Other
Unrecorded
Total
Gender
Female
Male
Unrecorded
Total
Distance Traditional
Count % Count %
3
4
62
18
0
22
15
20
40
184
12.0
8.2
10.9
21.7
1.6
2.2
33.7
9.8
267
71
176
369
12
56
609
214
15
4
9.9
20.7
0.7
3.1
34.2
12
0.0 9 0.5
100 1783 100
110 59.8 916
70
4
184
38.0 807
2.2 60
51.4
45.3
3.4
100 1783 100
Distance
%
Success Retention Success
2
4
42
13
0
14
5
13
25
118
72
44
2
118
3
4
51
18
0
19
13
17
32
157
92
62
3
157
63.6
33.3
65.0
62.5
66.7
100.0
67.7
72.2
0.0
64.1
65.5
62.9
50.0
64.1
Fall 2008
Distance Traditional
1 10
86
59.3
79.1
608
57
87.5
86.4
86.7
85.0
80.0
100.0
100.0
82.3
100.0
0.0
85.3
83.6
88.6
75.0
85.3
186
36
83
184
6
22
377
125
6
1025
521
469
35
1025
242
66
150
313
10
46
536
191
9
1563
789
721
53
1563
Distance
3
188
64.1
85.3
Traditional
%
Retention Success Retention
%
Success
69.7
50.7
47.2
49.9
50.0
39.3
61.9
58.4
66.7
57.5
56.9
58.1
58.3
57.5
Total
Traditional
34
1801
57.5
87.7
%
Retention
90.6
93.0
85.2
84.8
83.3
82.1
88.0
89.3
100.0
87.7
86.1
89.3
88.3
87.7
Age
19 or less
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
50+
Unrecorded
Total
48
46
32
17
14
19
8
0
26.1 1056 59.2
25.0 492
17.4
9.2
91
31
27.6
5.1
7.6
10.3
4.3
0.0
26
42
20
25
1.7
1.5
2.4
1.1
1.4
184 100 1783 100
31
24
18
15
12
11
7
0
118
42
34
25
17
14
17
8
0
157
64.6
52.2
56.2
88.2
85.7
57.9
87.5
0.0
64.1
87.5
73.9
78.1
100.0
100.0
89.5
100.0
0.0
85.3
573
286
64
25
18
29
16
14
1025
942
413
83
29
21
34
19
22
1563
54.3
58.1
70.3
80.6
69.2
69.0
80.0
56.0
57.5
89.2
83.9
91.2
93.5
80.8
81.0
95.0
88.0
87.7
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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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
Part I—Summary: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
# Sections
#Enrollments
Fall 2006
Distance Traditional
1 1
Fall 2007
Distance Traditional
1 1
16 32 22 41
% Success 68.8 81.3 45.5 60
% Retention 93.8 90.6 68.2 92.5
Part II—Demographic Profile: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
Demographic
Variable
Ethnicity
Asian
Black
Filipino
Hispanic
Native Am
Pac Islander
White
Other
Unrecorded
Total
Gender
Female
Male
Unrecorded
Total
Distance
Count
0
3
32
11
0
7
4
5
24
86
73
12
1
86
Traditional
% Count
8.1
4.7
9
2
5.8 6
27.9 34
0.0
3.5
0
1
37.2 49
12.8 12
0.0 0
100 113
84.9 84
14.0 27
1.2 2
100 113
%
8
1.8
5.3
30.1
0
0.9
43.4
10.6
0
100
74.3
23.9
1.8
100
Distance
%
Success Retention Success
0
1
16
8
0
6
1
0
13
45
41
3
1
45
0
3
24
9
0
6
3
3
21
69
60
8
1
69
85.7
25.0
0.0
54.2
0.0
33.3
50.0
72.7
0.0
52.3
56.2
25.0
100.0
52.3
Fall 2008
Distance Traditional
1 1
50
50
81.3
43
53.7
85.4
85.7
75.0
60.0
87.5
0.0
100.0
75.0
81.8
0.0
80.2
82.2
66.7
100.0
80.2
0
1
33
9
0
5
2
5
17
72
57
13
2
72
0
1
43
11
0
8
2
6
30
101
79
20
2
101
Distance
3
88
52.3
80.2
Traditional
%
Retention Success Retention
%
Success
55.6
100.0
83.3
50.0
0.0
100.0
67.3
75.0
0.0
63.7
67.9
48.1
100.0
63.7
Total
Traditional
3
116
63.7
89.4
%
Retention
88.9
100.0
100.0
88.2
0.0
100.0
87.8
91.7
0.0
89.4
94.0
74.1
100.0
89.4
Age
19 or less
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
50+
Unrecorded
Total
8
25
17
7
14
11
4
0
86
9.3
29.1
19.8
8.1
16.3
12.8
4.7
0.0
100
3
3
0
39
51
15
2
0
113
34.5
45.1
13.3
1.8
2.7
2.7
0
0
100
3
11
7
5
10
7
2
0
45
6
19
13
6
12
10
3
0
69
37.5
44.0
41.2
71.4
71.4
63.6
50.0
0.0
52.3
75.0
76.0
76.5
85.7
85.7
90.9
75.0
0.0
80.2
2
3
0
25
28
12
2
0
72
2
3
0
37
43
14
2
0
101
64.1
54.9
80.0
100.0
66.7
100.0
0.0
0.0
63.7
94.9
84.3
93.3
100.0
66.7
100.0
0.0
0.0
89.4
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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