College of San Mateo Delivery Mode Course Comparison (02/23/2012)
Distance Education vs. Traditional Mode
Student Success Indicators: Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011
LIBR 100 Introduction to Library Studies (1.0 Units), Online Mode
Part I—Summary: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
# Sections
#Enrollments
% Success
% Retention
Fall 2009
Distance
Traditional
0
1
0
12
0
58.3
0
83.3
Fall 2010
Distance
Traditional
1
1
29
20
48.3
58.3
75.9
90
Fall 2011
Distance
Traditional
2
1
48
29
47.9
89.7
83.3
96.6
Distance
3
77
48.1
80.5
Total
Traditional
3
61
75.4
91.8
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
12
7
2
18
0
3
16
8
11
77
15.6
9.1
2.6
23.4
0.0
3.9
20.8
10.4
14.3
100
13
1
2
12
0
2
17
5
9
61
21.3
1.6
3.3
19.7
0
3.3
27.9
8.2
14.8
100
6
2
1
11
0
1
9
3
4
37
10
5
1
16
0
3
13
5
9
62
50.0
28.6
50.0
61.1
0.0
33.3
56.2
37.5
36.4
48.1
83.3
71.4
50.0
88.9
0.0
100.0
81.2
62.5
81.8
80.5
11
1
2
7
0
2
13
2
8
46
12
1
2
11
0
2
15
5
8
56
84.6
100.0
100.0
58.3
0.0
100.0
76.5
40.0
88.9
75.4
92.3
100.0
100.0
91.7
0.0
100.0
88.2
100.0
88.9
91.8
Gender
Female
Male
Unrecorded
Total
51
25
1
77
66.2
32.5
1.3
100
24
33
4
61
39.3
54.1
6.6
100
26
11
0
37
41
20
1
62
51.0
44.0
0.0
48.1
80.4
80.0
100.0
80.5
16
26
4
46
21
31
4
56
66.7
78.8
100.0
75.4
87.5
93.9
100.0
91.8
Age
19 or less
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
50+
Unrecorded
Total
10
39
10
8
3
5
1
1
77
13.0
50.6
13.0
10.4
3.9
6.5
1.3
1.3
100
16
27
7
5
0
2
2
2
61
26.2
44.3
11.5
8.2
0
3.3
3.3
3.3
100
7
17
4
4
2
2
1
0
37
9
33
7
5
2
4
1
1
62
70.0
43.6
40.0
50.0
66.7
40.0
100.0
0.0
48.1
90.0
84.6
70.0
62.5
66.7
80.0
100.0
100.0
80.5
8
23
7
4
0
1
1
2
46
14
25
7
5
0
1
2
2
56
50.0
85.2
100.0
80.0
0.0
50.0
50.0
100.0
75.4
87.5
92.6
100.0
100.0
0.0
50.0
100.0
100.0
91.8
DEFINITIONS AND NOTES:
Distance course not offered 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: F’09, F’10, F’11.
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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