By: Di Xu & Shanna Smith Jaggars — March 2011. New York: Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University

This report investigates enrollment patterns and academic outcomes in online, hybrid, and face-to-face courses among students who enrolled in Washington State community and technical colleges in the fall of 2004. Students were tracked for nearly five years, until the spring of 2009. Results were similar to those found in a parallel study in Virginia.

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The abstract notes:  …students were more likely to fail or withdraw from online courses than from face-to-face courses….

The authors suggest four stronger areas of student services integration:

  • Student online readiness assessment
  • Course management system tutorial
  • Online support services
  • Faculty development support

A pdf download of the report is also available on the CCRC website.