College students and their parents don’t exactly see eye-to-eye when it comes to ID theft. A new survey shows less than a quarter of students interviewed were concerned about having their identities stolen, while the opposite is true for their parents. About 74% indicated they believe students are at moderate-to-high risk for identity theft. The […]

The University of South Florida in Tampa is joining the car-sharing craze. Called WeCar from Enterprise Rent-A-Car, students, faculty or staff who buy a $20 membership will be able to rent for an hour, a day, or even over night one of four gas-electric hybrids placed about campus at rates ranging from $10 to $12 […]

“Tap and go” is the new mantra for students, faculty and staff at Morehead State University in Kentucky, which has expanded its use of CBORD solutions with a large-scale implementation of iCLASS contactless card readers from HID Global. A long-time user of contact chip and magnetic stripe technology for EagleCard applications, Morehead State recently upgraded […]

A partnership between the University of Wisconsin and the UW Credit Union will give students the option to use their campus cards as debit cards. “One card is really all students are going to need to carry, whether they are on campus or off campus with this new program,” said a university spokesperson. The seven-year […]

An Alabama high school this fall will start requiring its 1,400 students to wear a picture ID, the school’s new principal has announced. “The ID’s are for administrators, for teachers, for students. The safety issue is that we’ve had some issues previously with kids being on campus that didn’t actually attend Blount High School,” Jerome […]

A company created by two Stanford students to build iPhone applications that enables students to access a host of campus services, has been purchased by Blackboard. Purchase price, sources say, was $4 million. In addition, Kayvon Beykpour, one of the co-founders of Terriblyclever Design, is joining Blackboard as a vice president and will lead the […]

Print management software from Plantation, Fla.-based Equitrac Corp. is managing the print network and reducing print waste at Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati. Working in partnership with IKON Office Solutions, the school, using Equitrac Express, has managed faculty and student print output and distribution, leading to a 45% reduction in print and copy costs […]

One of the UK’s top banks, Barclays, is offering college students a new student package that includes insurance against fraudulent credit card use, a Visa debit card and interest-free overdraft protection up to a certain amount. Called the Student Additions bank account, it also allows users to pay for transactions worth up to about $16 […]

Watchdata, a Singapore-based smart card provider, has become the first vendor to fully comply with the Singapore Standard for Contactless ePurse Application, also known as CEPAS. The company has issued more than 10 million multi-application smart cards to various card issuers in Singapore. Watchdata passed the testing criteria to provide a multi-application smart card that […]

Sports Authority, an Englewood, Colo.-based company that operates more than 450 stores in 45 states, is the latest chain to begin accepting MasterCard PayPass contactless card in addition to traditional mag stripe cards. Sports Authority customers now will be able to tap their PayPass-enabled MasterCard or device on a contactless reader at the check-out counters. […]