Killeen, Texas’ Central Texas College is using Biometric Signature ID’s biometric identification software, BioSig-ID, to verify some 50,000 students for online courses and boost the overall security of online logins.

A camera at St. Mary’s Catholic High School in St. Louis conducts facial recognition for every person that passes through the front and back entrance. The school is located in a high-crime area on the city’s south side, and school administrators were in need of an extra layer of security to complement the regular video monitoring system. The answer was facial recognition.

The use of iris biometrics at Georgia Southern has expanded to include access to the campus rec center following successful adoption at campus dining facilities. Of the university’s total enrollment of 20,500, some 15,000 students have already enrolled in the iris program and in doing so are able to use the system.

Ohio’s Westerville City School District Food Service Department is rolling out biometric finger scanning at several schools throughout the Columbus area. The new fingerprint system is intended to boost the security for student meal accounts, eliminate clerical errors, give students more time to eat lunch and offer them an easy way to identify themselves when paying for their meals in the cafeteria.

The use of biometrics on campus is nothing new. Back in the 90s campuses were using hand geometry readers for access for residence halls. But use of the technology is increasing as a way to ease access to dining halls as well as access to dorms and other areas.

Virginia Commonwealth University has installed iris readers at its dining halls to increase throughput and give students an access option when they don’t have their ID. The biometric dining solution was purchased through identification solutions provider ColorID, who also consulted with VCU during the delivery and implementation of the system.

The selfie may have found a new purpose at Humber College, following a partnership with Lucova, Compass Group Canada, ITC Systems and Volante Systems. The result is the recently launched mobile app, ETUP, which enables students to verify payments with a selfie.