Students from 48 Chicago, Ill. high schools will be receiving a combined school ID and Chicago transit reduced-fare card this year. The agreement is aimed at increasing transit use among students and cutting CTA’s administrative costs in the existing reduced-fare...
Off-Campus Advantage, a subsidiary of The CBORD Group, Ithaca, N.Y. and a provider of off-campus payment services for universities and colleges, has signed up three more schools in Mississippi, New York and Alabama to handle their off-campus payment programs. The...
Gateway Technical College, with campuses in three Wisconsin counties, has chosen New Haven, Conn.-based Higher One, a financial services and payment company focused exclusively on higher education, to distribute refunds to its students. “We expect students to receive their refunds...
Universities have a lot to gain with their banking partnerships. Besides adding to the bottom line, financial institutions can help colleges improve their campus ID programs. Banks also benefit by establishing contact with customers when they’re young, which can potentially...
Students from abroad, attending college in the U.S., have a lot to assimilate. More than likely they have to deal with a new culture, perhaps master a new language, learn their way around campus and more. They also possibly have...
Utah Community Credit Union has partnered with Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah, to implement a campus card program that includes keyless building access, a bus pass, access to athletic events and a Visa debit card. The new program was engineered...
Colorado Technical University, one of some 75 campuses that are part of the Career Education Corporation, has become the latest school to sign on with financial services provider Higher One. Under the new program, CTU will begin issuing refunds to...
A refund distribution system implemented by financial services provider Higher One at the State University of New York at Oswego was recently named a best practice for the SUNY System based on a first year net savings of $45,000. Oswego...
Central Michigan University has updated their laundry services enabling students to use Laundry Alert to notify them when machines have become available. Another convenience was added to the laundry services as students will be able to use their campus IDs...
Gonzaga University trials phone-based payments on campus and around town By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor College students can be ideal test subjects for new technology, particularly if it’s “cool.” While programs testing near field communication are cropping up worldwide, until...
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Attn: friends in the biometrics space. Nominations close Friday for the annual Women in Biometrics Awards. Take five minutes to recognize a colleague or even yourself. http://WomenInBiometrics.com
Feb. 1 webinar explores how mobile ordering enhanced campus life, increased sales at UVA and Central Washington @Grubhub @CBORD
