China recently issued a directive curtailing the dangerous and yet rapidly growing online moneylending phenomenon targeted at student borrowers until measures could be taken to safeguard the well-being of students, according to BBC.com. Here’s a closer look at the situation, along with at the impetus for government intervention. More...

Coordinating deliveries in and around universities can be a massive logistical undertaking. Now, several universities in China have some extra “manpower” when it comes to getting things where they need to go: Robot deliveries. Read on for a closer look at the application of this technology on Chinese college campuses, as recently reported by China Money Network. More...

According to the Japan Times, Tadamasa Fukiura, chairman of a nonprofit has connected with six pachinko parlors to offer the “pp Shogakukin” scholarship fund.
How does it work?  Customers at any of the six parlors can donate their steel balls from their winnings to help put needy students through university. More...

For students who formerly had little to no chance of making it into China's best universities, there's hope. A sweeping change to China's higher education system has allowed many of China's rural poor students the same university opportunities once afforded only to China's wealthiest. More...

The world has changed a lot over the past quarter of a century. According to a recent report from The Sydney Morning Herald, the most popular university degrees have changed along with it. Which degrees have skyrocketed and which have fallen between when the Department of Education began tracking commencing enrollments in 1989 and the latest figures from 2015? Here’s a closer look, based on an analysis by Fairfax Media. More...