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
MATH 110 Elementary Algebra (5 Units), Online Mode
Part I—Summary: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
# Sections
#Enrollments
% Success
% Retention
Fall 2006
Distance
Traditional
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Fall 2007
Distance
Traditional
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Fall 2008
Distance
Traditional
1
8
36
248
41.2
56.4
61.8
80.9
Distance
1
36
41.2
61.8
Total
Traditional
8
248
56.4
80.9
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
1
1
4
0
1
15
7
0
34
14.7
2.9
2.9
11.8
0.0
2.9
44.1
20.6
0.0
100
17
20
18
58
2
15
80
28
3
241
7.1
8.3
7.5
24.1
0.8
6.2
33.2
11.6
1.2
100
1
0
0
0
0
0
10
3
0
14
3
0
0
3
0
0
12
3
0
21
20.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
66.7
42.9
0.0
41.2
60.0
0.0
0.0
75.0
0.0
0.0
80.0
42.9
0.0
61.8
10
10
10
30
0
9
47
18
2
136
13
16
16
46
2
12
61
26
3
195
58.8
50.0
55.6
51.7
0.0
60.0
58.7
64.3
66.7
56.4
76.5
80.0
88.9
79.3
100.0
80.0
76.2
92.9
100.0
80.9
Gender
Female
Male
Unrecorded
Total
24
9
1
34
70.6
26.5
2.9
100
104
126
11
241
43.2
52.3
4.6
100
11
3
0
14
16
5
0
21
45.8
33.3
0.0
41.2
66.7
55.6
0.0
61.8
59
67
10
136
84
100
11
195
56.7
53.2
90.9
56.4
80.8
79.4
100.0
80.9
Age
19 or less
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
50+
Unrecorded
Total
7
14
3
1
3
1
4
1
34
20.6
41.2
8.8
2.9
8.8
2.9
11.8
2.9
100
129
60
21
10
7
9
1
4
241
53.5
24.9
8.7
4.1
2.9
3.7
0.4
1.7
100
2
4
1
1
2
1
3
0
14
3
10
1
1
2
1
3
0
21
28.6
28.6
33.3
100.0
66.7
100.0
75.0
0.0
41.2
42.9
71.4
33.3
100.0
66.7
100.0
75.0
0.0
61.8
66
37
13
6
3
7
1
3
136
104
47
18
8
4
9
1
4
195
51.2
61.7
61.9
60.0
42.9
77.8
100.0
75.0
56.4
80.6
78.3
85.7
80.0
57.1
100.0
100.0
100.0
80.9
DEFINITIONS AND NOTES:
Distance course not offered Fall
2006 and Fall 2007.
Traditional course not offered Fall
2006 and Fall 2007.
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
MATH 120 Intermediate Algebra (5 Units), Online Mode
Part I—Summary: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
# Sections
#Enrollments
% Success
% Retention
Fall 2006
Distance
Traditional
1
10
42
350
30
59.7
60
78.1
Fall 2007
Distance
Traditional
1
10
49
378
27.1
50.9
47.9
76.8
Fall 2008
Distance
Traditional
1
12
44
410
31.4
54.8
57.1
75.4
Distance
3
135
29.3
54.5
Total
Traditional
32
1138
55
76.7
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
18
3
12
28
1
4
44
13
0
123
14.6
2.4
9.8
22.8
0.8
3.3
35.8
10.6
0.0
100
146
31
132
240
4
50
386
128
8
1125
13
2.8
11.7
21.3
0.4
4.4
34.3
11.4
0.7
100
4
0
2
10
0
0
15
5
0
36
9
1
6
17
0
2
23
9
0
67
22.2
0.0
16.7
35.7
0.0
0.0
34.1
38.5
0.0
29.3
50.0
33.3
50.0
60.7
0.0
50.0
52.3
69.2
0.0
54.5
82
12
82
116
0
25
226
73
3
619
116
21
107
183
2
37
295
96
6
863
56.2
38.7
62.1
48.3
0.0
50.0
58.5
57.0
37.5
55
79.5
67.7
81.1
76.2
50.0
74.0
76.4
75.0
75.0
76.7
Gender
Female
Male
Unrecorded
Total
74
48
1
123
60.2
39.0
0.8
100
518
570
37
1125
46
50.7
3.3
100
25
11
0
36
47
19
1
67
33.8
22.9
0.0
29.3
63.5
39.6
100.0
54.5
291
307
21
619
407
429
27
863
56.2
53.9
56.8
55
78.6
75.3
73.0
76.7
Age
19 or less
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
50+
Unrecorded
Total
48
28
22
8
7
7
2
1
123
39.0
22.8
17.9
6.5
5.7
5.7
1.6
0.8
100
699
278
65
21
21
17
5
19
1125
62.1
24.7
5.8
1.9
1.9
1.5
0.4
1.7
100
11
9
6
4
4
2
0
0
36
24
16
12
6
5
3
0
1
67
22.9
32.1
27.3
50.0
57.1
28.6
0.0
0.0
29.3
50.0
57.1
54.5
75.0
71.4
42.9
0.0
100.0
54.5
366
151
47
16
17
11
3
8
619
529
218
53
17
17
14
3
12
863
52.4
54.3
72.3
76.2
81.0
64.7
60.0
42.1
55
75.7
78.4
81.5
81.0
81.0
82.4
60.0
63.2
76.7
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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