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
HSCI 100 General Health Science (2 Units), Telecourse Mode
Part I—Summary: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
# Sections
#Enrollments
% Success
% Retention
Fall 2006
Distance
Traditional
1
7
49
310
63.3
65.5
87.8
88.9
Fall 2007
Distance
Traditional
2
6
81
247
64.6
64.2
81
88.2
Fall 2008
Distance
Traditional
2
6
115
263
75.9
62.3
89.3
87.2
Distance
5
245
69.6
86.3
Total
Traditional
19
820
64.1
88.1
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
37
15
18
46
1
8
93
22
0
240
15.4
6.3
7.5
19.2
0.4
3.3
38.8
9.2
0.0
100
69
55
52
197
2
43
300
86
6
810
8.5
6.8
6.4
24.3
0.2
5.3
37
10.6
0.7
100
30
5
14
28
0
4
69
17
0
167
35
9
16
38
1
6
84
18
0
207
81.1
33.3
77.8
60.9
0.0
50.0
74.2
77.3
0.0
69.6
94.6
60.0
88.9
82.6
100.0
75.0
90.3
81.8
0.0
86.3
50
31
35
107
2
27
210
53
4
519
61
46
45
169
2
40
265
81
5
714
72.5
56.4
67.3
54.3
100.0
62.8
70.0
61.6
66.7
64.1
88.4
83.6
86.5
85.8
100.0
93.0
88.3
94.2
83.3
88.1
Gender
Female
Male
Unrecorded
Total
138
101
1
240
57.5
42.1
0.4
100
369
417
24
810
45.6
51.5
3
100
99
67
1
167
119
87
1
207
71.7
66.3
100.0
69.6
86.2
86.1
100.0
86.3
244
258
17
519
327
365
22
714
66.1
61.9
70.8
64.1
88.6
87.5
91.7
88.1
Age
19 or less
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
50+
Unrecorded
Total
46
91
39
16
13
14
20
1
240
19.2
37.9
16.3
6.7
5.4
5.8
8.3
0.4
100
351
330
49
22
9
25
11
13
810
43.3
40.7
6
2.7
1.1
3.1
1.4
1.6
100
30
60
26
11
12
12
15
1
167
40
76
32
14
12
13
19
1
207
65.2
65.9
66.7
68.7
92.3
85.7
75.0
100.0
69.6
87.0
83.5
82.1
87.5
92.3
92.9
95.0
100.0
86.3
193
230
34
17
7
19
10
9
519
315
291
41
18
7
20
10
12
714
55.0
69.7
69.4
77.3
77.8
76.0
90.9
69.2
64.1
89.7
88.2
83.7
81.8
77.8
80.0
90.9
92.3
88.1
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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