1, meaning difference: general higher education refers to full-time unified recruitment. Students must be students who have completed three years of high school or technical secondary school, participated in the national college entrance examination or enrolled in separate colleges and universities, and enrolled in September. Adult higher education refers to the academic education for employees in the society, which mainly provides learning opportunities for adults who have already joined the work.

2. Differences in learning forms: General higher education is full-time in school, and students receive course teaching and learning activities on campus. Adult higher education is a part-time learning form, mainly through online teaching and offline centralized teaching to adapt to the limitations of time and place of adult learning.

3. Differences in enrollment targets: The main enrollment targets of general higher education are high school or technical secondary school graduates who have passed the college entrance examination or college entrance examination. Adult higher education is mainly for employees who have already taken part in the work and have certain jobs in the society.