成人高校的政治理论教育改革不仅有其必要性,而且现在已具备了现实性和可能性。一是因为邓小平同志建设有中国特色的社会主义理论已基本形成,并在实践中得到了检验和确证。十四年来社会主义现代化建设巨大成就的取得,就是贯彻和运用这一理论的结果。二是因为成人高校的政治理论教育在自己的发展过程中已开始形成适合成人教育的特点,一些成人高校在政治理论教育改革道路上进行了有益的和有成 The reform of political theory education in adult colleges and universities not only has its necessity, but also has its reality and possibility now. First, because Deng Xiaoping’s theory of building socialism with Chinese characteristics has basically taken shape and has been tested and confirmed in practice. The great achievements made in the socialist modernization over the past 14 years have been the result of the implementation and application of this theory. Second, because the political theory education in adult colleges and universities has started to form the characteristics suitable for adult education in their own development, some adult colleges and universities have made useful and successful approaches in the political theory education reform