Colleges and universities, no matter their size, are communities unto themselves. Each is a microcosm within which students develop both socially and academically. But college communities represent just a portion of their larger, surrounding environments, and it’s vital that academic...
North Dakota State University has contracted SuperFanU, a student loyalty and engagement company, to launch the new Bison Rewards mobile app. The app will enable NDSU students to earn points and redeem rewards based on events and activities they attend...
Every institution with a campus card system is, right now, sitting on a veritable mountain of data. Every touch point where the student ID card is used across the campus and beyond – payments, dorm and building access, event ticketing...
Higher One Holdings, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the company to an affiliate of Blackboard for $5.15 in cash per share. The all-cash sale price represents a 37.3% premium over the closing price of the Higher...
Going to class is important, and in many ways, it's the key to academic success. It comes as little surprise, then, that campuses are implementing attendance policies – and accompany those policies with an automated attendance systems – to open...
The National Association of Campus Card Users (NACCU) has announced that Dawn Thomas will be the association's next Executive Director effective July 1, 2016. Current Executive Director Lowell Adkins will continue in that role until then, with Thomas being officially...
This free on-demand webinar explores why higher education is starting to reconsider attendance tracking due to reporting requirements and positive impacts on student engagement. Campus transaction system vendor, Blackboard Transact, demos its new automated attendance system, which leverages existing student...
Once the standard on campus, traditional magnetic stripe and prox cards are being replaced in favor of more secure, sophisticated contactless cards and NFC-enabled smartphones. In this installment of the CR80News Expert Panel Series, Blackboard's Dan Gretz provides a crash...
It seems logical that students who do not attend classes will not perform as well in their academic careers. How much learning can take place in the absence of having enough discipline to attend lectures? In this installment of the...
On-demand food delivery companies have redefined convenience for the entire dining industry, and in recent years there has been a meteoric rise in the number of these types of companies and the services they provide. In this installment of the...
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.
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
Feb. 1 webinar explores how mobile ordering enhanced campus life, increased sales at UVA and Central Washington @Grubhub @CBORD