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
ASTR 100 Introduction To Astronomy (3 Units), Telecourse Mode
Part I—Summary: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
# Sections
#Enrollments
% Success
% Retention
Fall 2006
Distance
Traditional
1
4
26
143
61.5
60.1
84.6
83.9
Fall 2007
Distance
Traditional
1
7
32
233
50
71.4
84.4
89.2
Fall 2008
Distance
Traditional
1
7
38
262
43.2
65.1
59.5
87
Distance
3
96
50.5
74.7
Total
Traditional
18
638
66.3
87.1
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
10
3
6
23
2
1
39
11
0
95
10.5
3.2
6.3
24.2
2.1
1.1
41.1
11.6
0.0
100
109
15
49
106
3
14
249
87
3
635
17.2
2.4
7.7
16.7
0.5
2.2
39.2
13.7
0.5
100
6
1
4
12
1
0
23
1
0
48
7
3
5
18
2
1
28
7
0
71
60.0
33.3
66.7
52.2
50.0
0.0
59.0
9.1
0.0
50.5
70.0
100.0
83.3
78.3
100.0
100.0
71.8
63.6
0.0
74.7
87
8
28
54
1
8
175
58
2
421
102
11
39
91
3
12
220
72
3
553
79.8
53.3
57.1
50.9
33.3
57.1
70.3
66.7
66.7
66.3
93.6
73.3
79.6
85.8
100.0
85.7
88.4
82.8
100.0
87.1
Gender
Female
Male
Unrecorded
Total
47
46
2
95
49.5
48.4
2.1
100
273
344
18
635
43
54.2
2.8
100
26
22
0
48
37
33
1
71
55.3
47.8
0.0
50.5
78.7
71.7
50.0
74.7
177
230
14
421
243
294
16
553
64.8
66.9
77.8
66.3
89.0
85.5
88.9
87.1
Age
19 or less
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
50+
Unrecorded
Total
23
40
11
5
7
8
1
0
95
24.2
42.1
11.6
5.3
7.4
8.4
1.1
0.0
100
275
275
32
13
13
11
7
9
635
43.3
43.3
5
2
2
1.7
1.1
1.4
100
12
16
6
2
6
6
0
0
48
16
32
7
4
6
6
0
0
71
52.2
40.0
54.5
40.0
85.7
75.0
0.0
0.0
50.5
69.6
80.0
63.6
80.0
85.7
75.0
0.0
0.0
74.7
180
178
22
10
8
9
6
8
421
242
239
28
10
9
10
6
9
553
65.5
64.7
68.7
76.9
61.5
81.8
85.7
88.9
66.3
88.0
86.9
87.5
76.9
69.2
90.9
85.7
100.0
87.1
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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