A fully-functioning university is one that most full expresses the tripartite mission of the university. The tripartite mission comprises the advancement of knowledge, the higher education of students and service to the wider community. The fully-functioning university seeks complementarities between the three parts of the tripartite mission. It pursues the advancement of knowledge in ways that also serve the higher education of students and the society of which it is a part. It serves the advancement of students by providing a higher education that also contributes to the advancement of knowledge and those beyond the walls of the university. And it serves society in ways that contribute also to the advancement of knowledge and the higher education of students. The fully-functioning university places particular value on the areas of overlap between the three parts of the tripartite mission.