دور الجامعات في تعزيز العمل التطوعي

Abstract EN

The study aims to present the role of universities in promoting volunteer work through practical experiences of the roles offered by Saudi universities.

The results showed that Saudi universities play several positive roles to promote volunteer work.

The study adopted the qualitative descriptive approach, and used two methods: interviews and secondary data.

The study population consisted of 42 public and private Saudi universities.

The sample included seven universities: the intentional interview was used to interview three volunteer work officials, two of them work in public universities and one in a private university, the secondary data was collected from the remaining four public universities.

The study offered several recommendations, the most important of which are: universities should play a number of roles to promote volunteer work, including obligating volunteer work, providing volunteer opportunities for students, and spreading the culture and practices of volunteer work in higher education institutions.

The study also called for more research to be done in the field of university volunteering work, and presenting successful practices and experiences of universities in the Arab world.