From A Unified Admission System To A Self-admission System: College Entrance System Changes In The View Of Game Theory

The current system of college entrance was built in 1952. The national unified admission system which set up at a planned economy time is suited to its system and played an active role. However, with the development of socialist market economy, the national unified pattern of college entrance exam facing more and more questions is also to the continuous changes to self-admission system direction so as to adapt to the needs of economic and social development. Therefore, the course of college entrance system changes, is a history of the expanding right to self-admission.The theory of Institutional Change thinks that no system is the completely irrational result, the system maybe legitimate, but not necessarily reasonable, therefore, institutional change is inevitable. The power game based on the benefits is to promote the fundamental reason for institutional changes, the game changes to the structure of power system are the fundamental meaning of the changes. At the area of college entrance system, The power game between the different main forces promote a fundamental change in the college entrance system.The change of college entrance system is closely linked with the Chinese social, political, economic and other changes. Based on national conditions, the Chinese college entrance system reform has been changing under government-led mandatory. With the formation of the socialist market economic system and the self-development of higher education, university, society, students, and other main force play an increasing major role. The tempting factors are in upward trend. In the system changes, the government, university, social, and students based on their needs, always expect to obtain the biggest game proceeds through the power game. As a rational player, repeated game allows people to participate in the game who can only be cooperated to jointly promote the evolution of the system. In fact, because of people' s "limited rationality", individual is pursuing the objective of gradually improving. Therefore, the change of college entrance system is an evolutionary game. In this game, some new structure adapt to the environment, social changes have been discovered and preserved. This process is a system of trial and error process and coordination. Therefore, the change from a unified admission system to the self-admission system, is an adaptive effective system to maintain the path-dependent, is a correct select to adapt to time, the various players will be continuing to promote the progress of the college self-admission system.