BEIJING, July 29  -- The Ministry of Education (MOE) on Tuesday released a circular calling for timely information disclosure following a series of scandals in college admissions and other areas.

The circular designated 50 areas where 75 MOE-affiliated universities must give transparent information to the public, such as admission of recommended candidates for college admission, public bidding for infrastructure construction and university leader's off-campus posts.

All the universities affiliated to the MOE are required to post the specified information on university websites within 20 days of any event taking place.

The circular comes after a series of scandals that have made the public doubt the purity of the ivory towers, including bribe taking in college admissions.