After more than 800 assaults in the 2009 – 2010 school year, Detroit Public Schools are stepping their game to increase student safety, reports the Detroit Free Press.
Partnering with Baltimore-based View Systems, the system has installed a $534,000 ViewScan detector system. It’s the same technology being used in airports and in this case it...
Fujitsu unveiled its UniflDone package, an integrated solution designed to streamline management of user IDs across multiple systems spread throughout an academic environment.
UnifIDone simplifies the management of user IDs, passwords, names, affiliations, and addresses across the various system used in an academic setting, including personnel and...
Digital Identification Solutions AG, a German-based provider of identification solutions, has appointed Sandro Camilleri as its new CEO and member of its board of directors.
Camilleri comes to Digital Identification Solutions (DISO) from Matica Systems S.p.a, which in July became the majority shareholder of DISO. Camilleri helped found Matica, an...
Bradley University in Peoria, Ill. and Salt Lake Community College are the latest to sign on for Blackboard Pay, the prepaid card program that enables institutions to disburse financial aid and student payroll to the campus ID card.
According to Campus Technology, both institutions deployed the Blackboard application four months back in order to...
New systems brings flexibility for physical access control
The University of Virginia was looking for a door locking system that would give it the flexibility to mix and match, something modular that would make changes easy and less expensive. Wireless was another option the university wanted. Thanks to Ingersoll Rand and its partnership with...
In an effort to improve and standardize security measures, Arlington Public Schools are making plans to deploy an electronic visitor management system, according to the Star-Telegram.
The new system would require visitors to the school district to submit their driver’s licenses for background checks - making sure they’re not predators or have a res...
Maui High School, located in Kahului, Hawaii, has adopted an automated meal card system now requiring students to use their student ID when purchasing meals in the cafeteria.
Students will each be issued a new student ID badge which links to a meal account. When meals are purchased, funds are taken from the student’s meal account. The meal account...
Financial aid disbursement providers do battle for share of campus market
Financial aid refund systems have been a hot topic the past year. The conversation has focused around the fees these programs charge students and whether they leave them more in debt than necessary after they leave school.
The...
