Campuses must secure students IDs By Andy Williams, Associate Editor, AVISIAN Publications Students, either because of their naivety or just plain carelessness, are ideal candidates to have their identities stolen. They may loan their campus card to another student to...
Research shows major growth in contactless and multi-application deployment, though price still remains key driver In March 2010 Avisian Publishing and HID Global embarked on a research effort to gauge reader perceptions related to future trends in physical access control....
Rapid rollout on Boston campus By Andy Williams, Associate Editor, AVISIAN Publications Re-carding a college, even one with just 4,200 students, doesn’t come easy. When those cards feature a new technology and the time line is short, a lot of...
By Brian Rogal, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications The University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business is always looking for technical innovations they can introduce on campus to better educate students. They need to be familiar with the latest technology for...
In partnership with Google, Columbus State University in Georgia recently developed a mobile application for Android-based devices - that ultimately provides a substitute for the campus ID card. Students can use this app to check out books from the library...
Card system vendors look to extend offerings to include refund and aid disbursement services By Zack Martin, Editor, AVISIAN Publications Disbursing financial aid is time consuming, labor intensive and costly for colleges and universities. The traditional check cutting process creates...
The multi-function, multi-app smart card may not be such a mythical beast Multi-function cards on college campuses aren’t new. Student IDs have paid for meals, accessed residence halls and checked out library books for decades. But adding applications that can...
The recent years have not been easy for financial institutions. Bad loans, stock price declines and scandals have been almost daily headlines. Yet despite the tough environment, the number of campus card program and bank partnerships continued to grow in...
Programs drawing interest from national retailers Dominican College in Orangeburg, N.Y. has 2,050 students with about 700 living on campus. The school’s campus ID is used for access to meal plans, physical areas, vending, photocopying, laundry and an off-campus program...
The only publication dedicated to the use of campus cards, mobile credentials, identity and security technology in the education market. CampusIDNews – formerly CR80News – has served more than 6,500 subscribers for more than two decades.
Great inverview on the Public Key Open Credential (PKOC) standard with ELATEC's Jason Ouellette, Chairman of the Board for the @PSIAlliance.
Attn: friends in the biometrics space. Nominations close Friday for the annual Women in Biometrics Awards. Take five minutes to recognize a colleague or even yourself. http://WomenInBiometrics.com
