A number of higher education institutions in China have deployed biometric solutions for access and payments in recent months, and adding to the list is Peking University. The university has now installed facial recognition readers at perimeter access gates to control access to its Beijing campus.

Kent State University is in the process of updating and replacing more door locks in campus residence halls to enable student ID cards to unlock dorm rooms. This latest batch of lock upgrades brings the campus-wide project closer to its completion.

When it comes to access control on campus, universities have a number of decisions to make. Between selecting the right access software and locking hardware, to partnering with a knowledgeable and trustworthy integrator, and choosing the card technology that best suits your campus, establishing the proper physical security measures can be a taxing process. In a five-part podcast series with ASSA ABLOY these decisions are examined in depth, highlighting the important considerations that campuses have to navigate.

California’s Saddleback College has implemented a comprehensive access control system from Assa Abloy at the campus’ new sciences building. The catalyst for the upgrades are simple: ensure the emergency response process on campus is streamlined, effective and efficient; and upgrade from an outdated, less secure brass key system.

Hofstra University has implemented new access privilege protocols for its resident assistants, revoking previously universal access rights to all campus residence halls. The revocation of access privileges marks the end of a pilot program that Hofstra’s Office of Residence Life had enacted to assist RAs in carrying out their duties.

With the Super Bowl coming to Minneapolis, the University of Minnesota is preparing for the eventuality of traveling fans, special events and potential security threats to its campus residence halls and students. In preparation, the university is implementing some new security measures intended to account for an influx of people to the campus and surrounding […]

Georgia Southern University is expanding the use of iris biometric access to include the campus’ state-of-the-art Recreation Activity Center. The expansion will has deploy an integrated access solution so only members can enter the facility.

The University of Cincinnati recently outfitted its Scioto Hall, a dorm for on-campus students, with wireless electronic locks at individual dorm room doors, and all signs point to the good. The recently renovated Scioto Hall is the first facility in a wireless-lock upgrade program that will span nine campus residence halls and another 30 campus buildings.

Michigan State was recently tasked with updating antiquated access systems at a sensitive computer engineering lab, and decided to go in a new direction by implementing a multi-modal biometric access control solution from ZKAccess.

Sweden’s Lund University had been leaning on the same access control system for nearly 20 years, but a new security overhaul sees the university’s Faculty of Law outfitted with a new system from ASSA ABLOY.