AN ASSESSMENT TOOL TO COMPARE THE ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

In this study, a questionnaire widely used at higher education institutions in the United States to assess the extent to which students engage in a variety of activities has been analysed in order to adapt it to the Spanish higher education system. The interest of this adaptation lies in the fact that it enables us to compare our information about the students' perception of their higher education experience with that of the students of a higher education system considered as an international reference. Validity of the questionnaire is based on the fact that it is designed to assess what students do at university instead of measuring institutional resources. This information might be relevant for identifying action lines within the Lisbon Agenda in relation to the international competitiveness of European higher education. In addition, the results show that the questionnaire is useful for gathering information for accreditation and assessment processes carried out in Spain.