Permission numbers and grades

How do students who add a class via a permission number do compared to those who were enrolled on the first day of class? In my face-to-face classes, students do not receive a permission number from me until after the class starts. Students are dropped when they miss a certain number of class sessions. On my online classes, students receive a permission number from me via email once they are available to me. I do not hold a face-to-face orientation.

Spring 2012

From my face-to-face history class:

• Of the 34 students who received a grade, 9 added late and had a GPA of 1.56
• The 25 who were enrolled on the first day had a GPA of 2.48

And from my online student success class (P/NP grading):

• Of the 29 students who received a grade, 8 added via permission number and 4 of them passed for a success rate of 50%
• Of the 21 who did not need a permission number, 15 passed for a success rate of 71%

Fall 2011

From my face-to-face history class:

• Of the 37 students who received a grade, 6 added late and had a GPA of 2.17
• The 31 who were enrolled on the first day had a GPA of 2.74

And from my online student success class (P/NP grading):

• Of the 28 students who received a grade, 5 added via permission number and 4 of them passed for a success rate of 80%
• Of the 23 who did not need a permission number, 15 passed for a success rate of 65%

This is the one class of the first six that had a higher success rate for those who needed a permission number to enroll.

Spring 2011

Here is my data from my face-to-face history class:

• Of the 40 students who received a grade, 8 added the class late and had a GPA of 2.38
• The 32 students who were enrolled on the first day had a GPA of 2.63

And from my online class on online student success:

• Of the 34 students who received a grade, 8 added via permission number and 5 of them passed for a success rate of 62.5%
• The 26 students who enrolled without needing a permission number had a success rate of 65.3% (17 passed)