The Analysis Of "the Heat Of Postgraduate Entrance Examination" Phenomenon In College Students Groups From The Rational-Choice Theory

Socialist market economy of China has continued to deepen since the reform and opening up. Innovative role of knowledge in economic life is more and more obvious. Technological advances into productivity, knowledge and economic frequent conversion. The social demand for high-level personnel increased significantly. The difficulty in employment of college students due to the number of graduates from university enrollment in recent years is increasing year by year. Under the severe economic situation, the employment needs of the employer less also. The " college entrance examination hot " has become a craze for graduate. Graduate student’s employment and the entrance examination for postgraduate, both are problem of education. Education for the country’s development and the prosperity has very important significance. The same time, such a large-scale study section not only affect the field of education, but also affect the social life in many other areas, resulting in a lot of impact. These impacts not only related to students’ learning and life and related to the education reform, but also related to the formulation of policies of the government and the relevant departments.Rational choice theory assume that the actors is rational and purposeful actors, and the action is seek for the maximum benefit. Sociological work’s task is explain the macro-level phenomenon, but the explain work should be done lower than the macro level, as James Kelman thought. The heat of Postgraduate Entrance Examination is because complex personal reasons and profound social reasons. Author analyzed in the study of course of the Postgraduate Entrance Examination craze, found that past research focused on the macro level while on the micro-level study is less. This paper tries to take full account of the actor’s process of thinking, from the individuals of action groups to analyze the reasons of the heat of Postgraduate Entrance Examination.Author take interviews with the typical cases and questionnaires, think that the college students take the choice of Postgraduate Entrance Examination is based on the rational thinking. The paper take the graduate students in the first grade as survey because they have not past the examination long. The actors as a rational person, their selection process are also rational, after the thinking of their benefits. The author based on the theory of hierarchy of needs, divide the rationality of the actors in this study. They are survival rationality, economic rationality and social rationality. Statistics on the results of the questionnaire and the interviews of the typical cases, actors make the choice is based on employment factors, economic factors and the pursuit of self-worth.A large number of university students joined Postgraduate Entrance Examination has provided a broad space for the selection of high-level personnel, as well as so many new problems have exposed. The increase in the number of graduate student has devalue the educational background. Choose for utilitarian purposes make the competition for scarce resources become intense. This is likely to produce a serious waste, which is contrary to higher education and postgraduate education’s nature. From this perspective we can see the individual rational choice leads to collective irrational choice.National and social needs more highly qualified personnel, graduate education take an important role in social development. I believe that to really make graduate to become a graduate student, we must let the choice of the Postgraduate Entrance Examination return to rational choice. This process is not a personal decision or a decision of government departments, it need the concerted efforts of individuals, universities and government to maintain a sustained and stable development of graduate education.