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Table 5 Comparison of educational resources between private and public institutions for the higher education of health professionals

From: China’s private institutions for the education of health professionals: a time-series analysis from 1998 to 2012

 

2012

National standard1

Average rate of change (%): 19982012

Private

Public (central government)

Public (others)

Private

Public (central government)

Public (others)

Student-faculty ratio

23.9

12.8

20.3

16.0

11.5

7.1

5.5

Campus area (m2 per student)

40.4

81.5

70.0

59.0

− 20.9

− 1.6

− 0.3

Teaching and administrative buildings (m2 per student)

8.4

16.0

14.6

16.0

− 9.3

1.2

0.8

Classroom area (m2 per student)

4.2

3.2

5.3

− 8.3

2.2

2.3

Dormitory area (m2 per student)

6.2

14.6

11.2

6.5

− 12.3

11.7

8.3

Gross value of fixed assets (10 000 yuan per student)

4.0

8.1

4.4

− 16.0

9.6

9.2

Library books (volume per student)

75.1

80.0

67.9

60/80

− 4.5

− 2.4

− 1.9

Teaching computers (per 100 students)2

18.5

34.7

25.3

8.0/10.0

− 0.8

6.5

11.3

Seats in multi-media classrooms (per 100 students)3

94.2

95.6

91.5

7.0

7.2

18.2

21.1

Value of teaching and research devices and equipment (10 000 yuan per student)

0.7

3.4

1.2

0.4/0.5

− 7.4

18.5

10.8

  1. 1Ministry of Education of China, 《Qualification indicator of educational resources for universities and colleges》, 2004
  2. 2,3Average rate of change for year 2002 to 2012 were calculated