UMass Dartmouth is taking to the mobile app for its campus safety, with a roll out of the Rave Guardian campus safety app. Designed to check on the status of a student if, for example, they are walking from the library to the dorm at night, Rave Guardian sends notifications to the proper authorities and […]

A new CBORD solution being installed at Northeastern University in Boston promises to improve student safety by leveraging online door access control. The new security system will be rolled out to 8,000 doors across Northeastern’s 36 residence halls and other facilities. The online security system replaces the oft-laborious offline and key-based locks. CBORD, who specializes […]

Student safety on campus has long fallen to university police departments, security guards, blue lights and traditional 911 emergency services. But one company is attempting to put all these resources on to a student’s smart phone. TapShield provides an app tailored to college campuses and global enterprises that magnifies public safety data and improves emergency […]

Student ID cards vary in their design, with university crests, colors and photos all adorning the fronts these important credentials. The reverse side of the card, however is easy to overlook, as many institutions pre-print generic data that the student rarely notices. Students at the University of Oregon are calling for its card office to […]

As schools continue to seek more robust security measures to safeguard campuses, one possible solution has come in the form of a pre-existing technology, RFID tags. Specializing in RFID location solutions, Ekahau offers a suite of wearable solutions that can be used for everything from tracking teacher and student location in real time, to providing […]

The Carroll Independent School District in Southlake, Texas has acquired 100 wearable tracking devices as part of a pilot program aimed at improving school campus safety, according to Dallas Observer. Under the pilot program, CISD has purchased the tracking devices from Dallas-based company eTrak. Small enough to wear on a lanyard, keychain, or belt, the […]

Blackboard announced a new, free service for students to engage in two-way text interactions to confidentially notify school officials of bullying or issues regarding school safety. The TipTxt service, in a partnership with the National PTA, will be offered to all K-12 schools and districts countrywide. The service is a tip line that enables confidential […]

The University of Chicago, together with the campus Police Department, is launching a new smart phone application called Pathlight that will enable students an easy-to-use way to increase their own safety. Developed by The CBORD Group, the same company that maintains the university’s campus ID-based building security system, Pathlight enables students to opt into GPS […]

SARGENT, an ASSA ABLOY Group company, is showcasing its Profile Series v.G1.5 lock with RF Fob, which enables teachers and others in authority to remotely secure classroom locks during an emergency. The SARGENT Profile Series v.G1.5 is a standalone access control lock that can be opened using a key, PIN code or prox card. It […]

Software House and Lynx Systems have partnered for a duress and instant alert notifications system. This system is designed for large facilities with dispersed populations, such as universities and health care facilities, to quickly notify people about an emergency situation. Software House will be the exclusive seller of the Lynx system, a turnkey product that […]