Campus Card Evolution
1960 - 2020
Published by
Robert C. Huber, CMC, CPCM
Vendor Independent
Campus Card Business Consultants
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Campus Card Evolution
Meal Plan Punch Cards
Airline Tickets: Paper Tickets
(Travel Agencies, Airline Airport Offices)
Weekly Dining Cards
Limited ID Cards
1960's
Department ID Cards
Airline Tickets: Multi-Part Paper Tickets
(Travel Agencies, Airline Retail Offices)
Paper Identification Cards
Multiple ID Offices
1970's
IDentification Card Stickers
Airline Tickets: Single-Part Paper Tickets
(Travel Agencies, Airline Hotel/Retail Offices)
Semester Stickers & Department ID Cards
Photo Identification Cards (B/W)
Registrar ID Offices
1980's
All-Campus Card
Airline Tickets: Paper Tickets
(Airline Ticket Brokers, Airline Retail Offices)
Single Multi-Application Color Campus Card
(4-Year Durable Campus Cards)
Department Cross Sharing / Mag Based Cards
Exterior Residence Hall Door Access
Campus Card Service Centers
One-Stop Shopping
Cashless Campus
1985
Rapid Growth Of Scalable Technology
Airline Tickets: Paper Tickets (Mag Stripe)
(Airline Mail Order Centers)
Campus Card, Library & ERP Cloud Systems
Exterior Residence Hall Door Access
Centralized Campus Card Offices
Photo Identification Cards (Color)
Color Campus Card Printers
On/Line vs. Off/Line
Bank Affiliations
1990's
Internet System Technology
Airline Tickets: Paper Tickets & eTickets
(Airline Websites, Online Broker Websites)
Ethernet Technology Reader & Reporting Networks
Universal On/Line Technology Reader Adoption
On/Line Residence Hall & Building Door Access
Off/Line ADM's Removed From Service
Off-Campus Merchant Applications
Faster Card Production Printers
Ethernet Compatible Readers
Third-Party Readers
Internet Websites
2000's
Cloud-Based Systems Adoption
Airline Tickets: eTickets
(Ticket Purchase & Self-Check-in Kisoks)
Campus Card, Library & ERP Cloud Systems
On/Line Residence Hall & Building Access
Interior Residence Hall Door Access
Smartphone Compatible Readers
Contactless Cards Adoption
Personal Webpages
Wireless Readers
2005
Smartphone & Virtual Technology Soars
Airline Tickets: eTickets & Mobile Credentials
(Passenger & Luggage Check-in Kiosks)
Smartphone Campus Card Applications
Smartphone Technology Readers
Laundry Applications Decline
Cardless Community Colleges
Virtual System Access
Virtual Credentials
2015
eDigital Patron Credentials
Airline Tickets: Wearable & Biometric Credentials
(Biometric ePurchase & Security Check-in)
Interior & Exterior Electronic Door Access Skyrockets
Personal Credentials (Students & Employees)
Campus Service Counter Consolidation
Cloud-Based Campus Card Offices
Keyless and Cardless Campuses
Virtual Application Webpages
Outsourced Card Production
Wearable Credentials
Digital Wallets
2020
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Robert C. Huber, CMC, CPCM, entrepreneur, restaurateur and business consultant, pioneered the "All-Campus Card" concept (1985) and "Campus Card Service Centers" (One Stop Shopping) throughout North America. Since 1991, his vendor-independent business consultancy has assisted 200 Higher Education clients with the assessment, planning and implementation of debit card, meal plan, POS, food production, parking and enterprise door access systems and is publisher of the "Campus Card Business Forecast".
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Campus Card Business Consultants