The Research On The Causes And The Strategies Of The Increasing Tendency For Adult Higher Education To Follow General Higher Education

Due to the trend of more popularity of the higher education in China, there are Requirements for the higher education from the two aspects-the requirement for quantity, which means increasing the enrollment of students and transforming the system of higher education, and the requirement for quality, which means placing more emphasis on the distinguishing features of various types of higher education. In the current situation, the higher education his developed in two divections in terms of enrollment scale. What's more, as far as the characteristic is concerned, there are more and more indications of adult education following the steps of general education, which has seriously the negative impact on the continuing development of adult education and the establishment of the life-long education system in China, As a result, the analysis of and the research on the greater similarities between adult and general education are significautly valuable from both theoretical and practical point of view. The paper systematically discusses the issue by giving the definitions, listing phenomena, analyzing causes, and putting forward the constructive strategies an methods to prove the view that the development of adult education depends considerably on its specific character and the characteristic is the source of the vitality of adult education,The paper consists of 4 parts.The first part is an introduction, which illustrates the practical signification of the topic and presents the research method, structure and research purpose of the paper.The second part focuses on the definition and characteristics of adult higher education. After the analysis of the understandings of adult higher education by the exports in foreign countries and China, the definition of adult education is put forward from the aim, object, and characteristics of education. From the history of the development of adult higher education, the paper illustrates the characteristics of adult higher education such as being open, professional, various and life long.The part three places emphasis on manifestation and causes of the increasing tendency for adult higher education to follow general higher education. It makes an analysis of manifestation of the increasing similarity from the objective, teaching content, teaching organization form and management mode and the causes of the increasing similarity from the social judgement criteria, government policy guidance, the eagerness for quick success and instant benefits of schools and psychological need of the learners.The part 4 focuses on the research on the strategies of how to overcome the increasing tendency for adult higher education to follow general higher education, which makes the former lose its own characters. This research plays an essential role in the healthy development of adult higher education.