College of San Mateo Delivery Mode Course Comparison (02/23/2012)
Distance Education vs. Traditional Mode
Student Success Indicators: Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010
ENGR 215 Computational Methods for Engr (3.0 Units), Online Mode
Part I—Summary: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
# Sections
#Enrollments
% Success
% Retention
Fall 2008
Distance
Traditional
1
1
12
9
50
66.7
58.3
77.8
Fall 2009
Distance
Traditional
1
1
13
16
53.8
66.7
76.9
68.8
Fall 2010
Distance
Traditional
1
1
12
18
33.3
50
58.3
72.2
Total
Distance
3
37
45.9
64.9
Traditional
3
43
60.5
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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
17
0
0
4
0
1
10
2
3
37
45.9
0.0
0.0
10.8
0.0
2.7
27.0
5.4
8.1
100
14
0
3
7
0
0
11
1
7
43
32.6
0
7
16.3
0
0
25.6
2.3
16.3
100
10
0
0
2
0
0
3
0
2
17
15
0
0
3
0
0
4
0
2
24
58.8
0.0
0.0
50.0
0.0
0.0
30.0
0.0
66.7
45.9
88.2
0.0
0.0
75.0
0.0
0.0
40.0
0.0
66.7
64.9
8
0
2
4
0
0
9
0
3
26
10
0
2
5
0
0
9
1
4
31
57.1
0.0
66.7
57.1
0.0
0.0
81.8
0.0
42.9
60.5
71.4
0.0
66.7
71.4
0.0
0.0
81.8
100.0
57.1
72.1
Gender
Female
Male
Unrecorded
Total
6
29
2
37
16.2
78.4
5.4
100
8
32
3
43
18.6
74.4
7
100
3
13
1
17
5
18
1
24
50.0
44.8
50.0
45.9
83.3
62.1
50.0
64.9
6
18
2
26
7
21
3
31
75.0
56.2
66.7
60.5
87.5
65.6
100.0
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Age
19 or less
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
50+
Unrecorded
Total
6
17
5
3
1
3
2
0
37
16.2
45.9
13.5
8.1
2.7
8.1
5.4
0.0
100
10
25
5
0
1
0
0
2
43
23.3
58.1
11.6
0
2.3
0
0
4.7
100
5
7
1
2
1
1
0
0
17
5
11
3
3
1
1
0
0
24
83.3
41.2
20.0
66.7
100.0
33.3
0.0
0.0
45.9
83.3
64.7
60.0
100.0
100.0
33.3
0.0
0.0
64.9
6
13
5
0
1
0
0
1
26
8
15
5
0
1
0
0
2
31
60.0
52.0
100.0
0.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
50.0
60.5
80.0
60.0
100.0
0.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
72.1
DEFINITIONS AND 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: F08, F’09, F’10.
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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