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
HIST 202 United States History II (3.0 Units), Online Mode
Part I—Summary: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
# Sections
#Enrollments
% Success
% Retention
Fall 2008
Distance
Traditional
0
3
0
96
72.9
86.5
Fall 2009
Distance
Traditional
0
4
0
160
72.9
90.6
Fall 2010
Distance
Traditional
1
2
41
86
78
46.5
85.4
86
Total
Distance
1
41
78
85.4
Traditional
9
342
64.3
88.3
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
10
2
1
4
0
1
15
3
5
41
24.4
4.9
2.4
9.8
0.0
2.4
36.6
7.3
12.2
100
30
10
23
69
1
7
158
14
30
342
8.8
2.9
6.7
20.2
0.3
2
46.2
4.1
8.8
100
7
1
1
4
0
1
12
3
3
32
8
2
1
4
0
1
13
3
3
35
70.0
50.0
100.0
100.0
0.0
100.0
80.0
100.0
60.0
78
80.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
0.0
100.0
86.7
100.0
60.0
85.4
19
6
11
40
1
2
106
9
26
220
25
9
17
59
1
7
144
13
27
302
63.3
60.0
47.8
58.0
100.0
28.6
67.1
64.3
86.7
64.3
83.3
90.0
73.9
85.5
100.0
100.0
91.1
92.9
90.0
88.3
Gender
Female
Male
Unrecorded
Total
27
12
2
41
65.9
29.3
4.9
100
165
172
5
342
48.2
50.3
1.5
100
22
9
1
32
23
11
1
35
81.5
75.0
50.0
78
85.2
91.7
50.0
85.4
102
116
2
220
140
159
3
302
61.8
67.4
40.0
64.3
84.8
92.4
60.0
88.3
Age
19 or less
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
50+
Unrecorded
Total
12
22
1
1
4
0
0
1
41
29.3
53.7
2.4
2.4
9.8
0.0
0.0
2.4
100
119
131
41
15
9
16
9
2
342
34.8
38.3
12
4.4
2.6
4.7
2.6
0.6
100
7
18
1
1
4
0
0
1
32
9
19
1
1
4
0
0
1
35
58.3
81.8
100.0
100.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
78
75.0
86.4
100.0
100.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
85.4
70
79
28
14
9
14
5
1
220
107
116
34
14
9
16
5
1
302
58.8
60.3
68.3
93.3
100.0
87.5
55.6
50.0
64.3
89.9
88.5
82.9
93.3
100.0
100.0
55.6
50.0
88.3
DEFINITIONS AND NOTES:
Distance course not offered Fall
2008 and Fall 2009.
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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