The campus ID card at the University of Calgary, Canada is used by students for an array of daily activities from security identification to gym access, and future plans are to expand the system even further, according to a student newspaper. The school plans to replace traditional payment methods at vendors with the Campus ONEcard, […]

Southern University at New Orleans has partnered with Higher One, the technology and payment services company focused on higher education, to electronically distribute Financial Aid and other refund disbursements to its students. Currently, refunds are disbursed to students via paper check, making it difficult for both students and campus administration. Students have to wait extended […]

Microsoft has partnered with InCommon Affiliate for a program that’s responsible for providing the education community with a way to connect with affiliate partners who are able to help build the necessary underlying online infrastructure on campus that supports federated access. Through InCommon, the U.S. trust federation in higher education operated by Internet2, higher education […]

Singapore American School, providing American-based curriculum for pre-school through grade 12 to 3,800 expatriate students in Singapore, has selected the CS Gold one-card solution from CBORD to manage card-based purchasing, security operations and more. Singapore American School uses CS Gold to manage a variety of functions including dining purchases, printing, bookstore purchases, library privileges, and […]

Bret Tobey, product manager for Intelligent Openings Business Development at ASSA ABLOY Americas, talks about a new set of locks he calls “near online.” These locks are similar to off-line locks of the past except they include some network components that remove some of the manual tasks associated with some older off-line locks. “Now we […]

Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon has completed the first phase of a major project to issue students multi-functional student ID cards, according to a local news source. Upon completion, Holy Spirit students will be issued campus cards, which function as student identity cards and access card-keys to various facilities around campus. The cards will […]

Higher One announced two new partners – Anderson University, located in Anderson, Ind. and Holmes Community College of Goodman, Miss. – to electronically distribute Financial Aid and other refund disbursements to their respective students. Under the new system students will be sent a card in the mail with instructions on how to log onto a […]

California State University, Northridge, is encouraging students to experience the variety of campus dining locations by giving out discounts and prizes, according to the Daily Sundial. Students are issued a passport with 11 slots for participating CSUN dining locations to stamp each time the student makes a minimum purchase. The first two stamps give students […]

Thousands of students’ personal information were illegally obtained during a national college entrance exam in China and then sold to a local news reporter for a mere $43, according to the Global Times. The list, containing thousands of Chinese students’ names, ID card numbers, home addresses and telephone number was reportedly stolen during a Quzhou […]

The University of Virginia recently participated in a test deployment of Schlage modular wireless locking systems, according to SecurityInfoWatch. The university tested Schlage’s ANSI compliant AD-4000 wireless locks with dual credentialing, which allows students to use their campus issued ID card and a unique PIN to access residence halls and rooms. And because the locks […]