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
HIST 202 United States History II (3.0 Units), Online Mode
Part I—Summary: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
Fall 2010
#Sections
Distance
#Enrollments
%Success
%Retention
1
Traditional
2
41
78.0
85.4
85
47.1
85.9
Fall 2011
Distance
1
32
84.4
87.5
Traditional
2
Fall 2012
Distance
0
82
52.4
76.8
Traditional
2
0
51
33.3
84.3
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Part II—Demographic Profile: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
Demographic
Variable
Ethnicity
Distance
Count
%
Traditional
Count
%
Distance
Total
Distance
2
73
80.8
86.3
Traditional
6
218
45.9
82.1
Traditional
% Success % Retention % Success % Retention
Asian
African American
Filipino
Hispanic
15
2
1
8
20.5
2.7
1.4
11.0
25
8
10
41
11.5
3.7
4.6
18.8
73.3
50.0
100.0
87.5
80.0
100.0
100.0
87.5
36.0
37.5
30.0
51.2
76.0
75.0
50.0
82.9
Native American
Pacific Islander
White
0
1
31
0.0
1.4
42.5
0
4
92
0.0
1.8
42.2
100.0
80.6
100.0
87.1
25.0
48.9
75.0
89.1
Other
Unrecorded
Total
8
7
73
11.0
9.6
100
23
15
218
10.6
6.9
100
100.0
71.4
80.8
100.0
71.4
86.3
39.1
60.0
45.9
78.3
80.0
82.1
Female
Male
45
25
63.4
35.2
92
119
43.0
55.6
84.4
76.0
88.9
84.0
48.9
43.7
79.3
84.9
Unrecorded
Total
1
71
1.4
100
3
214
1.4
100
0.0
80.8
0.0
86.3
0.0
45.9
66.7
82.1
22
37
3
30.1
50.7
4.1
90
98
20
41.3
45.0
9.2
72.7
83.8
100.0
81.8
86.5
100.0
40.0
46.9
50.0
80.0
82.7
85.0
2
5
1
2.7
6.8
1.4
1
1
3
0.5
0.5
1.4
100.0
100.0
0.0
100.0
100.0
0.0
100.0
0.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
1
2
73
1.4
2.7
100
1
4
218
0.5
1.8
100
0.0
100.0
80.8
100.0
100.0
86.3
100.0
75.0
45.9
100.0
75.0
82.1
Gender
Age
19 or less
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
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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