अर्थशास्त्र और प्रबंधन विज्ञान के अंतर्राष्ट्रीय जर्नल

Goals System of the Community College in Context of its Role in Local Environment: Applying to Najran Community College

Abstract

Abdel Moneim Ghanim Ezzeldin

Community colleges' mission, purpose, and their role in the local environment are fundamental issues in today's educational environment. They face an increasingly complex environment that demands reconciling increased social obligations, rapid technological change and, public accountability with the limited resources. Community colleges encounter increasingly aggressive competition from other institutions, they which are threatening the very existence. This current environmental conflict poses a challenge for their survival and growth. Community colleges today claims to follow new philosophies and visions to ensure its survival. Practically speaking, they should rethink their mission, goals, in a way that ensures its survival and growth. To deal with such challenges, this study aimed to present a conceptual framework of goals system of the community college, in the context of the overall interaction with their local environment; then apply this conceptual framework to the Najran Community College.