Budgeting the SharkCard Services Way

Budgeting is an essential responsibility for every card office, so make it impactful. Discover the strategies that have enabled SharkCard Services at Nova Southeastern University to secure funding for both daily operations and significant projects. Gain the flexibility and confidence to support your office’s success and resilience, no matter the challenges ahead.

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Your Data is Powerful, Learn How to Use It

Decisions driven by data are critical to ensuring that our institutions are running efficiently and effectively. We need to understand how operations are running and the impacts of the utilization of services. Budgets are getting tighter. We’re being asked to not only do more with less, but to be impactful with our services. Every student community of one wants to be heard and accommodated. We need to tailor our services for each student’s journey. We can only do that by looking at the data.

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Do Campus Credential Programs Improve Retention and Graduation Rates? What The Research Says…

Paul Schantz shares the results of his doctoral research into Campus Card Systems. Do they contribute to increased student engagement? What about retention and graduation rates? What kind of perceptions do various campus stakeholders have about campus card offices and the data they steward? Come find out what the research says. The findings associated with Paul’s doctoral research questions will form the basis for session engagement.

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Temporary Campus Cards and Kiosks

What do your students do when they lose their campus card, and the office is closed? Look no further! At WSU, we installed temporary card kiosks across campus. These temporary card kiosks allow students to check out a temporary card to access their facilities and meal plans if they misplace their card, lock it in their room, and if the campus card office is closed. This system allows students to access their dorms and meals for a short period of time while they find or replace their card, and it has been incomparably valuable for our students.

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