A New Framework to Evaluate Sustainable Higher Education: An Analysis of China

Table 1

Indicators of the 7E framework.

Aspect	Indicator
Expenditure	Revenue of educational funds
	Expenditure of educational funds
Existence	No. of higher education institutions
	No. of personnel
	No. of classrooms
	No. of magazines and books
	No. of computers
	Areas occupied
	Amount of fixed assets
Efficiency	Ratio of funds input-funds expense
	Ratio of education funds-student
	Ratio of student-100 thousand population
	Ratio of student-teacher
	Ratio of teachers with PhD degrees-all teachers
Effectiveness	No. of scientific research projects
	No. of academic papers
	No. of patents
	No. of publications
Economy	No. of new tenants in national science parks
	Income from national science parks
	Taxes paid by national science parks
	Space area of national science parks
Equity	No. of students in degree courses
	No. of students in nondegree courses
Equality	Ratio of female staff
	Ratio of female research personnel
	Ratio of female students
	Ratio of international students