Auburn University has updated and expanded the biometric access system used at its athletic facilities. Biometric security systems provider Princeton Identity Inc., is providing its new IDS software and Access200 iris readers as part of the latest system update.

The Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS) has released the fourth edition of its Safety and Security Guidelines for K-12 Schools. PASS’ primary mission is to provide school boards, administrators, and public safety and security professionals with a framework for implementing a layered, tiered approach to enhancing the safety of K-12 campuses.

ASSA ABLOY’s Angelo Faenza discusses the company’s vision for higher education access control, how to navigate card technology migration decisions, and shows some of the hardware offerings that universities can leverage to better secure their campuses.

At the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, campus officials are trying to better educate students of the dangers of “piggybacking.” To help illustrate the point, UCCS Police have put together a short informative video demonstrating what piggybacking is and why students should avoid letting it happen.

Texas’ Lufkin High School has installed fingerprint readers at exterior entrances to campus for students and faculty access. The move makes Lufkin the first high school in East Texas to install keyless entry fingerprint scanners at campus entry-points.

A number of universities in China have turned to biometrics to support access control to academic and residence facilities, and a new dorm at Shanghai Normal University is taking this trend to another level.

Following a deadly shooting involving a student and his parents on the campus of Central Michigan University in March, university officials have ramped up campus-wide physical access control upgrades. Core to the security upgrades has been the installation of card readers on all residence hall doors.

Following isolated security risks at two campus residence halls, San Diego State University is enacting new measures to better account for unauthorized guests. To help prevent the problem going forward, residence hall administration has created a new system to ensure all those who enter campus residence halls will have their SDSUcard checked.

In the first of a three-part series detailing hardware and software solutions from card system vendor, Blackboard, hear from the company’s Senior Director for Platform Strategy and Product Management, Kent Pawlak. In this installment learn specifically about the latest security-centric suite of solutions that Blackboard is deploying on campuses nationwide.

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.