高等院校成人教育从过去的学历教育为中心,转向以高层次的继续教育为中心;从过去以专科为重点转向以本科、研究生为重点;从过去以知识、技能为核心的补偿教育转向以创新能力、素质教育为核心的教育,从过去的一次性、阶段性教育转向终身教育。面对着我国从计划经济向市场经济转变的重要转型期,高等院校成人教育应以新的姿态迎接新的挑战,实现从教育观念、办学模式、管理体制的综合改革和创新。 Adult education in institutions of higher learning has shifted from academic education in the past to higher-level continuing education; from the past, the emphasis has shifted from undergraduates to bachelors and graduate students; from compensatory education based on knowledge and skills to Innovation ability, quality education as the core of education, from the previous one-time, phased education to lifelong education. Faced with an important transition period in our country from a planned economy to a market economy, adult education in institutions of higher education should take a new attitude to meet new challenges and achieve comprehensive reforms and innovations from the concepts of education, mode of running schools and the management system.