شبكة المعلومات العربية التربوية

The study aims to define the requirements to maintain the competitive advantage of Palestinian universities and their relationship to the practice of the Deans of the College for strategic planning. To achieve this, the researcher followed the descriptive analytical method. By applying two questionnaires (the requirements of competitive advantage - the practice of strategic planning) to a sample of (145) faculty members from Palestinian universities (Al-Azhar University, the Islamic University). The results showed that the total estimate of the requirements for sustaining the competitive advantage from the point of view of the sample was large at a relative weight (74.27%), during which the field (focus on competition) came first, and that the degree of total appreciation of the deans of colleges practice of strategic planning was very large at Relative weight (86.60%), where the field of (Vision and Mission Drafting) came first, There is a weak positive correlation statistically significant between the overall score of the respondents ’assessment of the sustainability requirements of the competitive advantage and the degree of their appreciation of the deans’ practice of strategic planning, where the Pearson correlation coefficient was (0.249). The study recommended the need to adopt the strategy based on resources in institutions, because it is one of the important theories in achieving competitive advantages. The study recommended the need to adopt the strategy based on resources in institutions, because it is one of the important theories in achieving competitive advantages. (Published abstract)