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1、OnlineLearningandStudentOutcomesinCalifornia’sCommunityCollegesMay2014HansJohnson•MarisolCuellarMejiawithresearchsupportfromKevinCookISTOCKSupportedwithfundingfromtheDonaldBrenFoundationSUMMARYaliforniascommunitycollegesoermoreonlinecreditcoursesthananyotherpubl
2、icChighereducationinstitutioninthecountry.By2012,onlinecourseenrollmentinthestatescommunitycollegestotaledalmostonemillion,representingabout11percentoftotalenrollment.Indeed,practicallyalloftheenrollmentincreasesoverthepasttenyearshaveoccurredinonlinecourses.Amon
3、gstudentstakingcreditcoursesin201112,oneofeveryvetookatleastoneonlinecourse.Thesetrendsraisecriticalquestionsabouttheeectofonlinelearningonstudentout-comes.Inthisstudy,weconsiderbothshort-andlong-termoutcomes,focusingonpartici-pation,coursecompletionandpassing,
4、degreeattainment,andtransfertofour-yearinstitu-tions.Astheenrollmenttrendssuggest,wendthatonlinelearninghasprovidednewaccesstohighereducation,withonlineparticipationincreasingforeachofthestateslargestethnicgroups.Still,participationisunevenacrossgroups,withAfric
5、anAmericansparticipatingatrelativelyhighratesandLatinoslaggingallgroups.Whenweexaminestudentoutcomes,wendasurprisingresult:short-termoutcomesarepoor,butlong-termoutcomesarenot.Howdoesthisbreakdown?Intheshortterm,coursebycourse,studentoutcomesareworseinonlinecour
6、sesthanintraditionalcourses.Studentsarelesslikelytocompleteanonlinecoursethanatraditionalcourse,andtheyarelesslikelytocompleteanonlinecoursewithapassinggrade.Wendlowercoursesuccessratesacrossalltypesofstudents,acrossawidesetofsubjects,andSouthChinaNormalUniversi
7、ty(202.116.41.69)-2016/1/28Download2OnlineLearningandStudentOutcomesinCaliforniasCommunityCollegesacrossalmostallcolleges.Indeed,oncewecontrolforafullsetofstudentcharacteristics(includingoverallgradepointaverages[GPAs])andinstitutionalfactors,wendthatonlinecours
8、esuccessratesarebetween11and14percentagepointslowerthantraditionalcoursesuccessrates.Inaddition,wendthatonlinelearningdoesnothingtoovercomeachieve-mentgapsacr