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
SOCI 100 Introduction To Sociology (3 Units), Telecourse Mode
Part I—Summary: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
# Sections
#Enrollments
% Success
% Retention
Fall 2006
Distance
Traditional
1
9
45
279
45.5
61.6
70.5
85.5
Fall 2007
Distance
Traditional
1
9
40
316
35.1
57.1
56.8
83.3
Fall 2008
Distance
Traditional
1
9
60
336
55
57.6
70
82.7
Distance
3
145
46.8
66.7
Total
Traditional
27
931
58.6
83.8
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
8
25
29
0
2
37
19
1
141
14.2
5.7
17.7
20.6
0.0
1.4
26.2
13.5
0.7
100
121
46
118
201
6
37
265
114
10
918
13.2
5
12.9
21.9
0.7
4
28.9
12.4
1.1
100
10
2
10
13
0
1
19
11
0
66
14
5
12
19
0
1
28
14
1
94
50.0
25.0
40.0
44.8
0.0
50.0
51.4
57.9
0.0
46.8
70.0
62.5
48.0
65.5
0.0
50.0
75.7
73.7
100.0
66.7
80
20
73
108
3
21
165
64
4
538
98
40
104
160
4
34
223
96
10
769
66.1
43.5
61.9
53.7
50.0
56.8
62.3
56.1
40.0
58.6
81.0
87.0
88.1
79.6
66.7
91.9
84.2
84.2
100.0
83.8
Gender
Female
Male
Unrecorded
Total
97
39
5
141
68.8
27.7
3.5
100
519
365
34
918
56.5
39.8
3.7
100
49
14
3
66
67
22
5
94
50.5
35.9
60.0
46.8
69.1
56.4
100.0
66.7
307
215
16
538
427
312
30
769
59.2
58.9
47.1
58.6
82.3
85.5
88.2
83.8
Age
19 or less
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
50+
Unrecorded
Total
15
36
29
27
10
15
8
1
141
10.6
25.5
20.6
19.1
7.1
10.6
5.7
0.7
100
444
303
58
34
15
32
12
20
918
48.4
33
6.3
3.7
1.6
3.5
1.3
2.2
100
5
16
11
13
6
10
5
0
66
8
24
17
16
9
13
6
1
94
33.3
44.4
37.9
48.1
60.0
66.7
62.5
0.0
46.8
53.3
66.7
58.6
59.3
90.0
86.7
75.0
100.0
66.7
242
172
40
26
12
26
11
9
538
358
260
49
30
14
28
12
18
769
54.5
56.8
69.0
76.5
80.0
81.2
91.7
45.0
58.6
80.6
85.8
84.5
88.2
93.3
87.5
100.0
90.0
83.8
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
SOCI 110 Courtship/Marriage/Family (3 Units), Telecourse Mode
Part I—Summary: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
# Sections
#Enrollments
% Success
% Retention
Fall 2006
Distance
Traditional
1
2
14
74
57.1
74.3
85.7
97.3
Fall 2007
Distance
Traditional
1
2
22
49
45
67.3
55
79.6
Fall 2008
Distance
Traditional
1
2
30
48
36.7
80
76.7
86.7
Distance
3
66
43.8
71.9
Total
Traditional
6
171
73.8
89.3
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
5
10
2
13
0
1
25
8
0
64
7.8
15.6
3.1
20.3
0.0
1.6
39.1
12.5
0.0
100
22
10
18
36
0
4
50
28
0
168
13.1
6
10.7
21.4
0
2.4
29.8
16.7
0
100
4
5
0
5
0
1
9
4
0
28
5
7
1
9
0
1
19
4
0
46
80.0
50.0
0.0
38.5
0.0
100.0
36.0
50.0
0.0
43.8
100.0
70.0
50.0
69.2
0.0
100.0
76.0
50.0
0.0
71.9
17
3
16
27
0
3
35
23
0
124
20
9
17
33
0
3
43
25
0
150
77.3
30.0
88.9
75.0
0.0
75.0
70.0
82.1
0.0
73.8
90.9
90.0
94.4
91.7
0.0
75.0
86.0
89.3
0.0
89.3
Gender
Female
Male
Unrecorded
Total
55
7
2
64
85.9
10.9
3.1
100
109
55
4
168
64.9
32.7
2.4
100
25
3
0
28
41
5
0
46
45.5
42.9
0.0
43.8
74.5
71.4
0.0
71.9
79
42
3
124
95
52
3
150
72.5
76.4
75.0
73.8
87.2
94.5
75.0
89.3
Age
19 or less
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
50+
Unrecorded
Total
5
12
15
11
5
10
6
0
64
7.8
18.8
23.4
17.2
7.8
15.6
9.4
0.0
100
71
90
3
2
1
1
0
0
168
42.3
53.6
1.8
1.2
0.6
0.6
0
0
100
3
3
6
7
2
2
5
0
28
3
7
14
9
3
5
5
0
46
60.0
25.0
40.0
63.6
40.0
20.0
83.3
0.0
43.8
60.0
58.3
93.3
81.8
60.0
50.0
83.3
0.0
71.9
50
70
1
1
1
1
0
0
124
63
80
3
2
1
1
0
0
150
70.4
77.8
33.3
50.0
100.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
73.8
88.7
88.9
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
89.3
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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