College of San Mateo Delivery Mode Course Comparison (02/23/2012)
Distance Education vs. Traditional Mode
Student Success Indicators: Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011
ASTR 100 Introduction To Astronomy (3.0 Units), Online Mode
Part I—Summary: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
# Sections
#Enrollments
% Success
% Retention
Fall 2009
Distance
Traditional
0
9
0
344
0
60.5
0
85.2
Fall 2010
Distance
Traditional
0
8
0
258
0
60.5
0
82.2
Fall 2011
Distance
Traditional
1
8
111
248
67.6
63.7
91
89.9
Total
Distance
1
111
67.6
91
Traditional
25
850
61.8
85.6
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
14
6
5
14
1
0
44
21
6
111
12.6
5.4
4.5
12.6
0.9
0.0
39.6
18.9
5.4
100
113
20
50
163
7
15
323
74
85
850
13.3
2.4
5.9
19.2
0.8
1.8
38
8.7
10
100
11
1
3
10
1
0
29
17
3
75
13
5
5
12
1
0
40
19
6
101
78.6
16.7
60.0
71.4
100.0
0.0
65.9
81.0
50.0
67.6
92.9
83.3
100.0
85.7
100.0
0.0
90.9
90.5
100.0
91
89
8
33
92
3
10
207
28
55
525
102
17
41
135
6
14
281
57
75
728
78.8
40.0
66.0
56.4
42.9
66.7
64.1
37.8
64.7
61.8
90.3
85.0
82.0
82.8
85.7
93.3
87.0
77.0
88.2
85.6
Gender
Female
Male
Unrecorded
Total
63
44
4
111
56.8
39.6
3.6
100
378
447
25
850
44.5
52.6
2.9
100
46
27
2
75
60
37
4
101
73.0
61.4
50.0
67.6
95.2
84.1
100.0
91
232
277
16
525
320
384
24
728
61.4
62.0
64.0
61.8
84.7
85.9
96.0
85.6
Age
19 or less
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
50+
Unrecorded
Total
25
35
14
16
6
7
6
2
111
22.5
31.5
12.6
14.4
5.4
6.3
5.4
1.8
100
357
340
49
37
16
21
16
14
850
42
40
5.8
4.4
1.9
2.5
1.9
1.6
100
15
22
11
12
5
5
5
0
75
21
31
13
16
5
7
6
2
101
60.0
62.9
78.6
75.0
83.3
71.4
83.3
0.0
67.6
84.0
88.6
92.9
100.0
83.3
100.0
100.0
100.0
91
215
209
29
22
12
18
8
12
525
312
285
40
29
15
21
12
14
728
60.2
61.5
59.2
59.5
75.0
85.7
50.0
85.7
61.8
87.4
83.8
81.6
78.4
93.7
100.0
75.0
100.0
85.6
DEFINITIONS AND NOTES:
Distance course not offered Fall
2009 and Fall 2010.
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’09, F’10, F’11.
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 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, P at endof-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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