College of San Mateo Delivery Mode Course Comparison (11/8/2010)
Distance Education vs. Traditional Mode
Student Success Indicators: Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009
ASTR 100 Introduction To Astronomy (3 Units), Telecourse Mode
Part I—Summary: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
# Sections
#Enrollments
% Success
% Retention
Fall 2007
Distance
Traditional
1
7
32
233
50
71.4
84.4
89.2
Fall 2008
Distance
Traditional
1
7
38
262
43.2
65.1
59.5
87
Fall 2009
Distance
Traditional
1
8
52
298
34.6
64.4
69.2
88
Distance
3
122
41.3
70.2
Total
Traditional
22
793
66.7
88
Part II—Demographic Profile: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
Demographic
Variable
Distance
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
10
8
8
27
2
2
53
11
0
121
8.3
6.6
6.6
22.3
1.7
1.7
43.8
9.1
0.0
100
116
20
54
137
6
19
314
116
2
784
14.8
2.6
6.9
17.5
0.8
2.4
40.1
14.8
0.3
100
5
2
4
12
1
0
24
2
0
50
8
7
6
19
2
1
34
8
0
85
50.0
25.0
50.0
44.4
50.0
0.0
45.3
18.2
0.0
41.3
80.0
87.5
75.0
70.4
100.0
50.0
64.2
72.7
0.0
70.2
97
10
33
71
4
12
217
77
2
523
108
16
45
116
6
16
282
99
2
690
83.6
50.0
61.1
51.8
66.7
63.2
69.1
66.4
100.0
66.7
93.1
80.0
83.3
84.7
100.0
84.2
89.8
85.3
100.0
88
Gender
Female
Male
Unrecorded
Total
49
70
2
121
40.5
57.9
1.7
100
351
407
26
784
44.8
51.9
3.3
100
23
27
0
50
35
48
2
85
46.9
38.6
0.0
41.3
71.4
68.6
100.0
70.2
231
271
21
523
310
356
24
690
65.8
66.6
80.8
66.7
88.3
87.5
92.3
88
Age
19 or less
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
50+
Unrecorded
Total
27
48
11
13
7
11
4
0
121
22.3
39.7
9.1
10.7
5.8
9.1
3.3
0.0
100
344
323
43
20
14
14
12
14
784
43.9
41.2
5.5
2.6
1.8
1.8
1.5
1.8
100
12
14
6
5
4
9
0
0
50
18
34
7
8
6
10
2
0
85
44.4
29.2
54.5
38.5
57.1
81.8
0.0
0.0
41.3
66.7
70.8
63.6
61.5
85.7
90.9
50.0
0.0
70.2
223
215
27
15
10
12
8
13
523
305
286
35
17
11
13
9
14
690
64.8
66.6
62.8
75.0
71.4
85.7
66.7
92.9
66.7
88.7
88.5
81.4
85.0
78.6
92.9
75.0
100.0
88
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’07, F’08, F’ 09.
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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