To accomplish this, K-State must concentrate on identifying and supporting research programs that have the potential to raise public and private sector sponsored support. The University must increase the enrollments in top-quality graduate degree and graduate certificate programs, and expand the number of innovative interdisciplinary programs. The University must also support initiatives that link scholarly activity to technology transfer. It is the responsibility of faculty in higher education to provide service to their professions and to their academic disciplines. Since Kansas State is a public, land grant University, faculty and staff have an additional important duty to be responsive to the needs of the state, the nation, and the world through our service and outreach activities.
Directed service is that which comprises the job itself.
Student teachers practicing in the public schools, faculty and student contributions to community projects as a component of service learning, and social work and human services interns in non-profit social agencies are other examples of directed service. Non-directed service includes participation in governance on committees and task forces in departments, colleges, or at the university level as well as contributions to the work of professional and scholarly societies. These activities are essential to the effective on-going operation of the institution. The K-State Cooperative Extension Service, along with the Agriculture Experiment Station, distinguishes Kansas State University as a land grant institution. The following indicators can be used to assess our success in fulfilling our service and outreach missions.