We have developed special training programs for business and industry and for local state government employees. We have created extension programs, technical assistance centers, and other special units to help solve specific social and policy problems. We have been engaged in research services through contractual arrangements and consulting for every conceivable external agency. All of these areas and more are college and university public service activities. Draper's ideal has been most fully realized by Clark Kerr's multiversity, but all types of colleges and universities are involved in public service.
Community service is especially important for community colleges.
Community colleges have developed exciting programs and activities, and the literature contains an interesting debate over the extent to which community service is or should be the major function of the community college. Many state universities are experimenting with new offices and programs intended to link their institutions more closely to the legislative and executive branches of state and local government. Formal research partnerships have been developed between public and private research universities and major corporations to foster the immediate application of scientific breakthroughs to new products and economic developments. The problem for college and university administrators and faculty becomes one of making choices and decisions. The literature on service in higher education provides no easy answers to these questions.