Harvard University’s student ID is used for a number of utilities including discounts at campus stores. Harvard ID’s utilities are available to every cardholder be they first-year undergraduates, visiting members of executive education programs or Harvard faculty and staff. The common thread between student ID card program nationwide, however, is student safety. For a university […]

Authentify is rolling out a solution that would verify the identity of remote students using voice biometrics. U.S. education institutions are expanding their remote learning programs nationwide but grappling with federal mandates to prove online students are actually taking courses and tests. The product provides an end-to-end voice biometrics and mobile phone-based identity verification service […]

Tulane University and Quinnipiac University are piloting a complete near field communication system on campus. The Blackboard Transact system uses NFC-enabled Android handsets and students can use the devices for physical access control, payments at the point-of-sale, vending, laundry, copying and printing. The pilot is using Samsung Galaxy S3 handsets that are being provisioned over […]

Ellen Arndt, Communications Manager, AlphaCard The functionality and usability of student ID cards has come a long way over the years. When I attended college, our student ID cards weren’t nearly as valuable as they are today. In fact, I distinctly remember my card serving three main purposes: to pay for a meal at the […]

Natural Security is piloting its biometric and mobile payments system at San Jose State University. The system uses biometrics and mobile devices for secure payment transactions. Brian Mitchler, the services systems manager for Spartan Shops at the school, spoke with Regarding ID’s Gina Jordan about the pilot and how it will work. Listen to the […]

Multicard, a supplier of identity management and a business unit of Identive Group, announced an integrated smart card solution for student ID verification and administration based on the latest NFC and MIFARE DESFire EV1 contactless card technologies. The new student ID solution enables schools, universities and other educational institutions to verify student identities, track and […]

Higher One Holdings Inc. announced the acquisition of Sallie Mae’s Campus Solutions business. Sallie Mae’s Campus Solutions provides billing payment solutions, refund disbursement services and tuition payment plan administration, to college and university business offices across the country. Under the terms of the purchase agreement, Higher One acquired all of the assets of the Campus […]

Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburg will issue student new ID cards that have contactless smart card technology, according to a report in The Tartan. The new contactless cards will enable students access to public transportation with Port Authority of Allegheny County. The new cards and change in Carnegie Mellon’s agreement with Port Authority also resulted […]

Evolis released Elypso, a desktop card printer that offers features for instant issuance in one model: manual card feeding, front-desk operations, dual-sided printing and encoding for magnetic stripe, contact and contactless chip card. Evolis designed Elypso to match the performances of Primacy with the smaller footprint of Zenius. This solution delivers personalized cards over the […]

CBORD announced the release of GET Food, an online and mobile ordering system designed to expand college and university students’ dining options and improve convenience. GET Food is the latest addition to CBORD’s GET commerce platform. This new technology also enables students to manage their campus card accounts and do much more from any computer […]