Capital University in Columbus, Ohio recently installed a plastic ID card-based system for building entry.
A campus-wide initiative to improve security for students, staff and faculty who live in campus residence halls led Capital University, a small Lutheran college in Columbus, Ohio, to install plastic ID cards readers outside buildings for people to gain access, according to student newspaper the Chimes.
Plastic ID cards will be required for all residential building and after-hours classroom entry by the beginning of the 2010-11 academic year, according to the university.
"It will be like this for all buildings on campus, with one scanner in each," Steve Bruning, university provost, told the news provider. "We are waiting for the [request for proposal] to be done to hear its recommendations and make improvements from there. The RFP should be done by the end of the semester, so that new improvements can happen during the summer."
Installing more advanced systems like plastic ID cards allows universities to save money and provide a safer environment for students, even in instances where security is breached – a case at Lehigh University, where a burglary suspect was apprehended thanks to building entry records, proves that overall security is improved by plastic ID cards.
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