Faculty and staff at the University of Chicago will receive new plastic ID cards to access buildings throughout campus after normal school hours.
The administration at the University of Chicago recently told some faculty and staff that they must pick up new plastic ID cards to gain entry to campus buildings after hours. Students will not receive new cards because they are not allowed in specific buildings without faculty supervision after normal operating hours.
In 2008, the school installed new card reader systems throughout its campus, but not every faculty or staff member picked up one of the cards. However, with the newly installed card readers, the older University plastic ID cards will not work properly. The university said that there have been no specific security breaches that forced it to make this decision. It merely hopes to keep its campus security systems as up to date as possible.
The planned installations of of the new card readers will begin when the ongoing academic year ends and continue throughout the summer. The first building on campus should be completed by the end of May.
Security is among the most important reasons for the growing presence of plastic ID cards on college campuses throughout the United States. Catholic University in Washington, D.C. recently installed card reader systems at all its residential buildings on campus.
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