In the US, for example, by 1970 higher education was accessible to the masses. At the same time, schools began to take on distinctive roles as research-, teaching- or community-service-oriented institutions.
以美國為例，美國的高等教育在 1970 年就已經十分普及，因而逐漸發展成為研究、教學與社區服務等多功能的教育機構，各類學校也依據這三種分類開始做功能區隔。