Stephen F. Austin State University has made changes to campus housing guidelines amid COVID-19, including the lifting of a requirement for freshmen to live in on-campus residence halls. The freshmen housing requirement joins other changes designed to prevent the spread of the virus within residence halls.

A new survey conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology asked MIT students how they felt about the return to campus this fall. The survey results point to some concerns around the coronavirus and how the university will implement new safety restrictions this fall.

Zoom calls are seemingly the de facto norm these days. So rather than writing this out in an article we thought a conversation would be a nice change of pace. In this episode, we chat with HID’s Tim Nyblom, about potential challenges coming this fall, as well as mobile ID and other card issuance measures that might ease some burden on the post-coronavirus campus.

Security products and solutions provider, Allegion has announced the launch of Schlage Mobile Access Solutions, a comprehensive, secure and flexible access control portfolio. Schlage’s Mobile Access portfolio encompasses a complete cloud-based ecosystem that enables the use of mobile credentials at openings across an entire property or campus.

Card system vendor, Transact was a winner at the recent Card Not Present (CNP) Awards. The CNP Awards is a program celebrating the best in e-commerce solutions, and covers a number of verticals including higher education.

Campus identity solutions provider, ColorID will be hosting two upcoming webinars that will discuss some of the solutions that could help universities to transition back into a safer campus environment this fall. Specifically, the topics of online photo submission through CloudCard, and thermal temperature scanning at entryways will be discussed in detail with attendees.

Campus ticketing solutions provider, AudienceView, has launched new software specifically for higher education that helps manage capacity in spaces where students congregate. The company’s new Campus Flow ticketing platform integrates with other critical university systems to create a packaged offering designed to support physical distancing measures.