Students attending New Mexico State University and Doña Ana Community College in Las Cruces will receive city-provided bus rides through next May. All that’s required for this pilot project is a valid student ID from the institutions. The free rides don’t include faculty and staff from either school. It the trial proves successful, the city […]

Some students and parents aren’t pleased with a pilot program by the Northside Independent School District in San Antonio that requires students to wear an RFID-equipped student ID tag. As one student put it: “It’s huge and I have to wear it like a dog collar. It’s ridiculous. There’s absolutely no need for it.” The […]

Texas A&M provides free bus rides to its students living off campus as long as they have a student ID. However, according to students, bus drivers and even University Transportation Services, student IDs are seldom checked. That means non-students could probably grab a free bus ride. The university has even posted notices at the bus […]

Datacard Group will be showcasing its MX6000 Card Issuance System that will be used to issue the new North Carolina driver licenses next year. The demo will take place at the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators conference in Charlotte, N.C. Aug. 20-22. The MX6000 can print up to 1,500 cards per hour and offers […]

Charles Walton, formerly general manager and executive vice president of INSIDE Secure, , has been named chief executive officer of SecureKey Technologies, a Canadian developer of secure authentication solutions. Walton, a 30-year veteran of the security technology industry related to authentication, smart card ID systems, NFC/mobile data systems and the bank card payments ecosystem, will […]

Lenel Systems International will be using HID Global’s EasyLobby Secure Visitor Management software integrated with Lenel’s OnGuard access control application to enable end users to grant different levels of access to visitors, contractors and employees. HID’s EasyLobby provides corporations, government agencies, educational institutions, health care and property management customers with visitor management capabilities. When a […]

Student IDs from Pennsylvania’s higher education institutions may comply with the state’s new voter ID law but only if the ID cards contain an expiration date. Otherwise, students who don’t have other forms of identification, such as a driver’s license–which out-of-state students don’t have–won’t be voting. A recent survey of the state’s 110 colleges and […]

Datacard Group has launched its new Datacard MX1100 card issuance system designed to help financial institutions, governments and other organizations take a first step into centralized card issuance. The system offers a combination of low cost-per-card and ease-of-use for expanding card programs. The system can personalize up to 600 cards per hour, creating a complete […]

Talk about getting them young…That’s what the College 4 Kids program sponsored by Metropolitan Community College in Omaha is all about. Elementary students ages 5 to 11 can enroll for a maximum of three classes in the week-long program and even receive a Metro student ID card, just like college students. Classes include H2O Science […]

Student ID cards equipped with RFID are starting to show up more and more in K-12 schools. According to Labeling News, schools are now adopting RFID technology to track everything from student attendance to valuable assets. Tracking attendance with RFID could help school districts recoup more money since the number of students in a classroom […]