在迎接知识经济到来的过程中，成人高等教育事业的发展，必须与市场结合，按照产业的发展规律办，才具有生命力，因此，发展成人高等教育需要更新观念。首先，应当将成人高等教育视为一种产业。“知识经济”一词的提出，很自然地把教育与经济发展结合起来。从客观经济意义上说 In order to meet the arrival of the knowledge-based economy, the development of adult higher education must be integrated with the market and run in accordance with the laws governing the development of the industry. Therefore, the development of adult higher education needs to be updated. First, adult higher education should be regarded as an industry. The proposition of the term “knowledge economy” naturally combines education with economic development. From an objective economic sense