College of San Mateo Delivery Mode Couse Comparison (09/03/2013)
Distance Education vs. Traditional Mode
Student Success Indicators: Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012
ASTR 100 Introduction To Astronomy (3.0 Units), Online Mode
Part I—Summary: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
Fall 2010
#Sections
Distance
#Enrollments
%Success
%Retention
0
Traditional
8
0
258
61.6
82.2
-
Fall 2011
Distance
1
111
68.5
91.0
Traditional
8
248
64.1
89.9
Fall 2012
Distance
1
Traditional
7
121
64.5
90.9
241
67.2
83.8
Part II—Demographic Profile: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
Demographic
Variable
Ethnicity
Distance
Count
%
Traditional
Count
%
Distance
Total
Distance
2
232
66.4
90.9
Traditional
23
747
64.3
85.3
Traditional
% Success % Retention % Success % Retention
Asian
African American
Filipino
Hispanic
34
6
23
31
14.7
2.6
9.9
13.4
104
14
48
155
13.9
1.9
6.4
20.7
70.6
16.7
60.9
71.0
94.1
83.3
95.7
87.1
78.8
57.1
66.7
58.7
91.3
71.4
87.5
81.3
Native American
Pacific Islander
White
2
2
86
0.9
0.9
37.1
6
10
253
0.8
1.3
33.9
50.0
100.0
64.0
50.0
100.0
91.9
33.3
80.0
65.6
83.3
100.0
86.2
38
10
232
16.4
4.3
100
98
59
747
13.1
7.9
100
73.7
70.0
66.4
86.8
100.0
90.9
50.0
71.2
64.3
80.6
88.1
85.3
Female
Male
135
92
58.7
40.0
329
401
44.5
54.3
66.7
66.3
91.9
89.1
63.8
64.8
84.8
85.5
Unrecorded
Total
3
230
1.3
100
9
739
1.2
100
100.0
66.4
100.0
90.9
33.3
64.3
77.8
85.3
19 or less
20-24
25-29
51
92
34
22.0
39.7
14.7
308
314
53
41.2
42.0
7.1
64.7
62.0
76.5
90.2
88.0
94.1
61.4
64.3
66.0
85.4
85.0
83.0
30-34
35-39
40-49
26
7
11
11.2
3.0
4.7
27
12
16
3.6
1.6
2.1
76.9
71.4
63.6
96.2
85.7
100.0
70.4
83.3
68.8
85.2
83.3
87.5
9
2
232
3.9
0.9
100
9
8
747
1.2
1.1
100
66.7
0.0
66.4
88.9
100.0
90.9
77.8
87.5
64.3
88.9
100.0
85.3
Other
Unrecorded
Total
Gender
Age
50+
Unrecorded
Total
DEFINITIONS & NOTES
Overview of Data
This is a delivery-mode
comparison of student
success in online courses
with their traditional mode
counterparts, if offered.
The comparison spans Fall
semesters only: F’10, F’11,
F’12.
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, P, NP, I, at endof-term (only excludes W’s).
Success %
Also known as “successful
course completion.” The
percentage of enrollments
with a grade of A, B, C, or P
at end-of-term.
Prepared by the Office of
Planning, Research, and
Institutional Effectiveness (PRIE)
collegeofsanmateo.edu/prie
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