La consideración del sistema de orientación a estudiantes universitarios en la evaluación institucional española

Abstract

Institutional evaluation procedures in Spanish higher education are characterised by insufficient criteria for the assessment of student affairs contained in the assessment guidelines in comparison with other subjects, mainly, from an institutional point of view. In this study, an in-depth analysis of the institutional evaluation procedures in the University of Leon was carried out to examine to what extent student affairs programs and services have been assessed within the institutional context.The methodology consisted of content analysis of the assessment reports and quantitative descriptive and factorial analysis methodology for the students surveys carried out within the evaluation processes.The main conclusions refer to the need of considering affairs programs and services within an institutional plan at higher education institutions, which should be adapted to the needs and requirements of each faculty or college, and also to the need of highlighting the institutional dimension in institutional evaluation procedures.