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
CA&S 310 Nutrition (3 Units), Telecourse Mode
Part I—Summary: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
# Sections
#Enrollments
% Success
% Retention
Fall 2006
Distance
Traditional
1
1
54
38
66
78.9
81.1
89.5
Fall 2007
Distance
Traditional
1
*
60
*
58.9
*
73.2
*
Fall 2008
Distance
Traditional
1
*
76
*
71.2
*
83.6
*
Distance
3
190
65.9
79.7
Total
Traditional
1
38
78.9
89.5
Part II—Demographic Profile: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
Distance
Demographic
Variable
Ethnicity
Asian
Black
Filipino
Hispanic
Native Am
Pac Islander
White
Other
Unrecorded
Total
Traditional
Distance
Count
%
Count
%
Success
Retention
%
Success
29
5
31
27
4
3
67
16
0
182
15.9
2.7
17.0
14.8
2.2
1.6
36.8
8.8
0.0
100
7
0
5
10
0
0
12
4
0
38
18.4
0
13.2
26.3
0
0
31.6
10.5
0
100
20
4
19
14
3
2
46
12
0
120
24
4
23
19
3
3
55
14
0
145
69.0
80.0
61.3
51.9
75.0
66.7
68.7
75.0
0.0
65.9
Traditional
%
Retention
Success
Retention
%
Success
%
Retention
82.8
80.0
74.2
70.4
75.0
100.0
82.1
87.5
0.0
79.7
7
0
5
8
0
0
9
1
0
30
7
0
5
10
0
0
11
1
0
34
100.0
0.0
100.0
80.0
0.0
0.0
75.0
25.0
0.0
78.9
100.0
0.0
100.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
91.7
25.0
0.0
89.5
Gender
Female
Male
Unrecorded
Total
140
39
3
182
76.9
21.4
1.6
100
27
11
0
38
71.1
28.9
0
100
97
22
1
120
114
29
2
145
69.3
56.4
33.3
65.9
81.4
74.4
66.7
79.7
20
10
0
30
23
11
0
34
74.1
90.9
0.0
78.9
85.2
100.0
0.0
89.5
Age
19 or less
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
50+
Unrecorded
Total
25
67
31
18
18
18
3
2
182
13.7
36.8
17.0
9.9
9.9
9.9
1.6
1.1
100
4
17
7
4
3
3
0
0
38
10.5
44.7
18.4
10.5
7.9
7.9
0
0
100
17
43
20
9
13
14
3
1
120
18
54
26
13
14
15
3
2
145
68.0
64.2
64.5
50.0
72.2
77.8
100.0
50.0
65.9
72.0
80.6
83.9
72.2
77.8
83.3
100.0
100.0
79.7
3
13
5
3
3
3
0
0
30
4
16
5
3
3
3
0
0
34
75.0
76.5
71.4
75.0
100.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
78.9
100.0
94.1
71.4
75.0
100.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
89.5
DEFINITIONS AND NOTES:
Tradtional course not offered Fall
2007 and Fall 2008.
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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