参照当代职业教育发展现状并依据公共事务类专业的教育教学实践,厘清了公共事务、公共事务类专业、社会服务、营利等相关概念。在充分肯定公共事务类专业社会服务的根本属性是公益性的基础上,对高职院校的社会服务职能具有代表性的属性、主客体、功能、途径四个要素进行了分析。 With reference to the current situation of the development of contemporary vocational education and based on the practice of education and teaching in public affairs specialty, the related concepts of public affairs, public affairs specialty, social service and profit-making are clarified. On the basis of fully affirming that the basic property of social service in public affairs specialty is public welfare, this paper analyzes the four elements of representativeness, subjectivity, function and route of social service function in higher vocational colleges.