College of San Mateo Delivery Mode Course Comparison (11/03/2014)
Distance Education vs. Traditional Mode
Student Success Indicators: Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013
LIBR 100 Introduction to Library Studie (1.0 Units), Online Mode
Part I—Summary: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
Fall 2011
Distance
#Sections
#Enrollments
%Success
%Retention
Fall 2012
Traditional
Distance
Fall 2013
Traditional
Distance
Total
Traditional
Distance
Traditional
2
1
2
2
5
2
9
5
48
47.9
83.3
29
89.7
96.6
72
58.3
77.8
65
83.1
95.4
125
69.6
89.6
56
80.4
89.3
245
62.0
84.9
150
83.3
93.3
Part II—Demographic Profile: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
Demographic
Variable
Ethnicity
Distance
Count
%
Traditional
Count
%
Distance
Traditional
% Success % Retention % Success % Retention
Asian
African American
Filipino
Hispanic
25
20
18
54
10.2
8.2
7.3
22.0
18
6
9
54
12.0
4.0
6.0
36.0
72.0
40.0
61.1
59.3
84.0
80.0
77.8
77.8
83.3
50.0
88.9
83.3
88.9
100.0
100.0
92.6
Native American
Pacific Islander
White
0
18
58
0.0
7.3
23.7
1
5
24
0.7
3.3
16.0
66.7
63.8
100.0
86.2
100.0
60.0
87.5
100.0
100.0
87.5
38
14
245
15.5
5.7
100
18
15
150
12.0
10.0
100
71.1
50.0
62.0
89.5
92.9
84.9
83.3
93.3
83.3
100.0
93.3
93.3
Female
Male
128
115
52.2
46.9
69
74
46.9
50.3
64.8
58.3
84.4
85.2
81.2
83.8
89.9
95.9
Unrecorded
Total
2
245
0.8
100
4
147
2.7
100
100.0
62.0
100.0
84.9
100.0
83.3
100.0
93.3
29
127
35
11.8
51.8
14.3
21
83
22
14.0
55.3
14.7
58.6
63.8
60.0
86.2
87.4
77.1
61.9
83.1
95.5
90.5
92.8
100.0
24
10
12
9.8
4.1
4.9
9
2
5
6.0
1.3
3.3
70.8
60.0
50.0
79.2
70.0
100.0
100.0
50.0
100.0
100.0
50.0
100.0
8
0
245
3.3
0.0
100
5
3
150
3.3
2.0
100
50.0
62.0
87.5
84.9
80.0
100.0
83.3
80.0
100.0
93.3
Other
Unrecorded
Total
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’11, F’12,
F’13.
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