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
HSCI 100 General Health Science (2.0 Units), Online Mode
Part I—Summary: Enrollment and Student Outcomes
# Sections
#Enrollments
% Success
% Retention
Fall 2009
Distance
Traditional
2
7
68
324
69.1
60.2
86.8
82.4
Fall 2010
Distance
Traditional
1
2
45
102
66.7
60.2
86.7
90.2
Fall 2011
Distance
Traditional
2
2
83
78
67.5
59
85.5
88.5
Total
Distance
5
196
67.9
86.2
Traditional
11
504
64.1
84.9
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
20
7
19
36
1
5
73
22
13
196
10.2
3.6
9.7
18.4
0.5
2.6
37.2
11.2
6.6
100
51
30
33
125
3
25
149
24
64
504
10.1
6
6.5
24.8
0.6
5
29.6
4.8
12.7
100
14
3
11
26
1
2
51
15
10
133
19
6
17
31
1
4
62
17
12
169
70.0
42.9
57.9
72.2
100.0
40.0
69.9
68.2
76.9
67.9
95.0
85.7
89.5
86.1
100.0
80.0
84.9
77.3
92.3
86.2
45
19
19
70
1
9
111
10
39
323
46
28
27
101
2
17
134
19
54
428
88.2
63.3
57.6
56.0
33.3
36.0
74.5
41.7
60.9
64.1
90.2
93.3
81.8
80.8
66.7
68.0
89.9
79.2
84.4
84.9
Gender
Female
Male
Unrecorded
Total
133
55
8
196
67.9
28.1
4.1
100
225
255
24
504
44.6
50.6
4.8
100
87
40
6
133
117
45
7
169
65.4
72.7
75.0
67.9
88.0
81.8
87.5
86.2
146
159
18
323
192
214
22
428
64.9
62.4
75.0
64.1
85.3
83.9
91.7
84.9
Age
19 or less
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
50+
Unrecorded
Total
21
86
27
26
10
16
5
5
196
10.7
43.9
13.8
13.3
5.1
8.2
2.6
2.6
100
174
216
46
23
12
9
13
11
504
34.5
42.9
9.1
4.6
2.4
1.8
2.6
2.2
100
14
51
17
22
9
13
3
4
133
19
71
24
23
10
14
4
4
169
66.7
59.3
63.0
84.6
90.0
81.2
60.0
80.0
67.9
90.5
82.6
88.9
88.5
100.0
87.5
80.0
80.0
86.2
97
139
34
18
9
7
12
7
323
142
183
43
21
10
7
12
10
428
55.7
64.4
73.9
78.3
75.0
77.8
92.3
63.6
64.1
81.6
84.7
93.5
91.3
83.3
77.8
92.3
90.9
84.9
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: 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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