Originally Posted by
ralfp
My college ID (faculty, not student, but that's not relevant) is definitely government issued. In fact, it was issued by a LEO (photo taken and card printed/handed to me my a LEO).
I bet most college IDs are government-issued.
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I don't think so.
Two of my state university IDs are definitely not issued by governments. I got my student IDs from Student ID Center on campus. My photos were taken by university staff/work-study student. As far as I know, none of the government infrastructure includes state/federal colleges/universities.
Since your faculty ID is processed by a LEO, I assume you are considered employed by state/federal governments and had gone through security check/clearance before the employment. Faculty application forms are different from students' application. Students don't go through the same process as faculty.