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
LIBR 100 Introduction to Library Studie (1.0 Units), Online Mode
Part I—Summary: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
Fall 2010
#Sections
Distance
#Enrollments
%Success
%Retention
1
Traditional
1
29
48.3
75.9
20
65.0
90.0
Fall 2011
Distance
2
48
47.9
83.3
Traditional
1
29
89.7
96.6
Fall 2012
Distance
2
Traditional
2
72
58.3
77.8
65
83.1
95.4
Part II—Demographic Profile: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
Demographic
Variable
Ethnicity
Distance
Count
%
Traditional
Count
%
Distance
Total
Distance
5
149
53.0
79.2
Traditional
4
114
81.6
94.7
Traditional
% Success % Retention % Success % Retention
Asian
African American
Filipino
Hispanic
19
16
11
32
12.8
10.7
7.4
21.5
17
4
4
40
14.9
3.5
3.5
35.1
57.9
25.0
63.6
50.0
78.9
62.5
72.7
78.1
82.4
50.0
100.0
82.5
94.1
100.0
100.0
90.0
Native American
Pacific Islander
White
0
9
31
0.0
6.0
20.8
0
7
17
0.0
6.1
14.9
66.7
61.3
100.0
87.1
71.4
94.1
100.0
100.0
17
14
149
11.4
9.4
100
12
13
114
10.5
11.4
100
58.8
42.9
53.0
70.6
85.7
79.2
58.3
92.3
81.6
100.0
92.3
94.7
82
65
55.4
43.9
46
61
41.1
54.5
53.7
52.3
79.3
78.5
78.3
82.0
89.1
98.4
1
148
0.7
100
5
112
4.5
100
100.0
53.0
100.0
79.2
100.0
81.6
100.0
94.7
19 or less
20-24
25-29
14
80
21
9.4
53.7
14.1
20
63
16
17.5
55.3
14.0
50.0
51.3
57.1
71.4
81.3
81.0
45.0
85.7
93.8
85.0
95.2
100.0
30-34
35-39
40-49
15
7
8
10.1
4.7
5.4
8
1
2
7.0
0.9
1.8
60.0
57.1
50.0
73.3
57.1
87.5
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
3
1
149
2.0
0.7
100
2
2
114
1.8
1.8
100
66.7
0.0
53.0
100.0
100.0
79.2
100.0
100.0
81.6
100.0
100.0
94.7
Other
Unrecorded
Total
Gender
Female
Male
Unrecorded
Total
Age
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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