National IDs face same tough issues that campus cards have faced for years
Editor’s note: I have worked around card technology for many years. I have used the line “the campus is a microcosm for society” more times than I care to admit. It is one of those phrases that can be used to sell a person on something or scare them from it. It has power. It also has inherent truth. Pulling together research for this article I was reminded of this truth as direct parallels kept emerging between the issues and debates occurring at the national level to those that we experience on campus. This article is about CR80 cards, it is about an important national security issue, it is about civil liberties and protecting our individual rights from governmental intrusion, and it is about some important lessons that we can use to improve our own campus card programs.
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