Distance Learning Credit Student Profile
Spring 2001
The table below profiles students enrolled in DCCCD Distance Learning
credit courses during Spring 2001. Several types of courses are offered.
Online courses provide access to college courses via the Internet using
a computer. A Telecourse is an integrated learning system that uses telecommunications
to instruct and inform students via television and VCR, while Telecourse
Plus includes online activities, which requires access to the Internet.
Students enrolled in Live TV, view classes at stated times on local cable
TV. Students that register online through the Dallas TeleCollege site are
assigned TeleCollege section numbers.
Enrollment data are duplicated. A student enrolled in more than one
distance learning course is counted for each course. Data used in headcount
are unduplicated.
PROFILE
VARIABLE
|
ONLINE COURSES
|
TELECOURSE,
TELECOURSE +,
LIVE TV COURSES
|
TELECOLLEGE
COURSES
|
| Enrollment |
1,722 |
2,437 |
453 |
Headcount
(unduplicated) |
1,322 |
% of
headcount |
2,042 |
% of
headcount |
320 |
% of
headcount |
| Gender:
Male |
486 |
36.8% |
922 |
45.2% |
85 |
26.6% |
| Female |
836 |
63.2% |
1,120 |
54.8% |
235 |
73.4% |
| Ethnicity: Anglo |
760 |
57.5% |
976 |
47.8% |
229 |
71.6% |
| African American |
241 |
18.2% |
385 |
18.9% |
46 |
14.4% |
| Hispanic |
110 |
8.3% |
175 |
8.6% |
19 |
5.9% |
| Asian |
107 |
8.1% |
92 |
4.5% |
14 |
4.4% |
| American Indian |
6 |
0.5% |
19 |
0.9% |
1 |
0.3% |
| Foreign |
81 |
6.1% |
58 |
2.8% |
0 |
0.0% |
| Unknown |
17 |
1.3% |
337 |
16.5% |
11 |
3.4% |
| Disabled |
66 |
5.0% |
64 |
3.1% |
22 |
6.9% |
| Median Age |
29 |
27 |
31 |
| Average Age |
31 |
29 |
32 |
| Grade Point Average-1 |
2.89 |
2.44 |
2.92 |
Grade Point Average-2
(excludes developmental) |
2.88 |
2.44 |
2.90 |
Observations:
-
Forty-seven percent (47%) more TeleCollege students enrolled Spring 2001
(453) than Spring 2000 (309). A significant increase (12%) in Online course
enrollment for Spring 2001 (1,722) when compared to Spring 2000 Online
course enrollment (1,542). However, enrollment in Telecourse,Telecourse
Plus and Live TV courses decreased (-17%) – Spring 2001 (2,437) and Spring
2000 (2,953).
-
Female enrollment continues to outnumber male enrollment in all types of
distance learning courses. Percent of headcount for females enrolled in
Online courses (63%) is slightly higher compared to the percent of headcount
for female credit students enrolled on-campus (56%). Over (55%) of the
students enrolled in Telecourse, Telecourse Plus and Live TV (2,042) are
female and (73%) of the students enrolled in TeleCollege courses (320)
are female.
-
Forty-seven percent (47%) of the credit students enrolled on-campus are
Anglo, while larger proportions are enrolled in distance learning courses
– (58%) Online, (48%) Telecourse/Telecourse Plus/Live TV and (72%) TeleCollege.
-
A slight decrease in percent of headcount occurs when African American
students enrolled in Spring 2001 Telecourse/Telecourse Plus/Live TV courses
(19%) are compared to the percent of headcount for Spring 2000 (22%). However,
percent of headcount for African American students enrolled in Online courses
(18%) remained the same when compared to Spring 2000 Online percent of
headcount (18%).
-
Eighteen percent (18%) of the Spring 2001 credit students on-campus are
Hispanic, while significant fewer proportions are enrolled in distance
learning courses – (8%) in Online courses, (9%) in Telecourse/Telecourse
Plus/Live TV, and (6%) in TeleCollege.
-
A slight increase in percent of headcounts occurred when Asian students
enrolled in Spring 2001 Online courses (8%) are compared to those enrolled
in Online courses (7%) for Spring 2000. Percent of headcounts differ slightly
for Asian students enrolled in Telecourse/Telecourse Plus/Live TV courses
during Spring 2000 (4%) and Spring 2001 (5%). However, a larger proportion
of Asian credit students is enrolled in on-campus courses (9%) for Spring
2001.
-
No significant changes in distance learning enrollment for American Indian
students. However, Foreign student enrollment increased slightly in Online
courses when percent of headcounts for Spring 2001 (6%) and Spring 2000
(5%) are compared. Additionally, no increase is seen in the comparison
of percent of headcounts for Telecourse/Telecourse Plus/Live TV - (3%)
Spring 2001 and (3%) for Spring 2000.
-
The Unknown category experiences a tremendous increase in percent of headcount
in the Telecourse/Telecourse Plus/Live TV courses when Spring 2001 (17%)
(337) is compared to Spring 2000 (0.4%)(8).
Note: Distance Learning courses were selected based
on the following criteria:
SEC.SCHED.TYPE=’DL’ and XSCS.D06.SEC.INSTR.METHODS=’IDL’
(Independent Distance Learning ) ’INET’ (Online) ‘TV’ (Telecourse) ’TVP’
(Telecourse Plus Online) ’TVI’ (Live TV) or SCS.LOCATION=900 (TeleCollege)
Source: Student System (Colleague)
Prepared by District Office of Research, August 2001
Spring 2000 Distance Learning Profile
Internal
Reports