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
SOCI 100 Introduction To Sociology (3.0 Units), Online Mode
Part I—Summary: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
# Sections
#Enrollments
% Success
% Retention
Fall 2008
Distance
Traditional
0
10
0
390
57.7
80.8
Fall 2009
Distance
Traditional
0
9
0
416
57.7
84.9
Fall 2010
Distance
Traditional
0
8
0
352
58.5
86.9
Total
Distance
0
0
-
Traditional
27
1158
57.3
84.1
Part II—Demographic Profile: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
Distance
Demographic
Variable
Count
Ethnicity
Asian
Black
Filipino
Hispanic
Native Am
Pac Islander
White
Other
Unrecorded
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Gender
Female
Male
Unrecorded
Total
0
0
0
0
Age
19 or less
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
50+
Unrecorded
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Traditional
Distance
Traditional
%
Count
%
Success
Retention
%
Success
%
Retention
Success
Retention
%
Success
%
Retention
0
148
67
138
235
5
52
334
68
111
1158
12.8
5.8
11.9
20.3
0.4
4.5
28.8
5.9
9.6
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
98
24
80
118
3
24
215
38
64
664
124
58
119
199
4
39
284
58
89
974
66.2
35.8
58.0
50.2
60.0
46.2
64.4
55.9
57.7
57.3
83.8
86.6
86.2
84.7
80.0
75.0
85.0
85.3
80.2
84.1
0
687
435
36
1158
59.3
37.6
3.1
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
404
239
21
664
579
366
29
974
58.8
54.9
58.3
57.3
84.3
84.1
80.6
84.1
0
531
366
88
53
32
51
24
13
1158
45.9
31.6
7.6
4.6
2.8
4.4
2.1
1.1
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
285
201
61
33
23
33
20
8
664
443
313
77
40
27
40
23
11
974
53.7
54.9
69.3
62.3
71.9
64.7
83.3
61.5
57.3
83.4
85.5
87.5
75.5
84.4
78.4
95.8
84.6
84.1
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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