Lafayette College
Shibboleth Identity Provider for Lafayette College, Easton, PA
Verify users from Lafayette College
Lafayette College is a member of InCommon, one of the national research and education federations that share academic identity providers through eduGAIN. That means you can verify a user's affiliation with Lafayette College by having them sign in with their Lafayette College account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- United States
- Federation
- InCommon
Institution details
- Organization
- Lafayette College
- Description
- Shibboleth Identity Provider for Lafayette College, Easton, PA
- Country
- United States
- SAML Entity ID
urn:mace:incommon:lafayette.edu- Federation
- InCommon
SAML capabilities
Capabilities are read from the institution's SAML metadata. An advertised format is what the IdP declares it supports — not a guarantee of what every login returns.
- administrative
- support
- http://refeds.org/metadata/contactType/security
- technical
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Lafayette College?
Yes. Lafayette College participates in InCommon, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Lafayette College account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Lafayette College support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. Lafayette College does not advertise a NameID format, so identifiers are likely to be transient (per-login). authIdentifier may be null — you can still confirm which institution the user logged in from via entityId.
Which country is Lafayette College in?
Lafayette College is located in United States.
How do I verify students from Lafayette College?
Create a verification session via POST /v2/auth/verification, redirect the user to the returned link, and poll GET /v2/auth/verification/{id} after they authenticate at Lafayette College. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from Lafayette College?
Start the demo and authenticate with Lafayette College, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.