University of South Florida Wins Best Education Project at P3 Awards

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The University of South Florida (“USF”) took home the “Best Education Project” award at the annual P3 Awards in New York City, hosted by P3 Bulletin and one of the largest programs recognizing impactful public-private partnership endeavors across the Americas. USF’s Assistant Vice President for Housing & Residential Education, Ana Hernandez, accepted the award on …

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A New “Opportunity” for Higher Ed? What Opportunity Zones Are and How Schools Can Benefit

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The Opportunity Zones program is an economic development tool enacted as part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The goal of the program is to encourage long-term capital investment in economically distressed communities via substantial federal tax breaks (e.g., temporary tax deferral, tax reduction, and tax exemption). These communities, defined as having a …

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Momentum for P3 developments on college campuses continues to build

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Lizetta Fennessy wrote “Momentum for P3 developments on college campuses continues to build” for Haley Aldrich‘s blog. The article recaps Fennessy’s observations from the recent P3 Higher Education Summit, covering topics like campuses building P3s into their master planning, developers getting more strategic, and the when/how of selecting team members beyond the developer. (October 2018)

How can public-private partnerships ease the student housing challenge in tight markets?

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By Sean Studzinski, National Principal for Residence Life, and Arturo Vasquez, San Francisco Design Principal, of Stantec. Bios below.   More students than ever are headed to college campuses, and it’s creating a housing crunch. With high population growth rates, California’s Bay Area faces a serious housing shortage, leaving few options for the 80,000-plus students …

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Business and engagement for the common good

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This is the second article in a two-part series by Gary Stewart, assistant vice president at Cornell University (bio below). The first article looked at town-gown relationships. Today: Representative Cornell University projects and investments.   As the land grant university of New York State, Cornell University’s commitment to partnership, investments, and service plays out in a …

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A Guide to Higher Ed P3s (download available)

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“A Guide to Higher Education Public-Private Partnerships,” presented by Brailsford & Dunlavey, is available for download. This seven-part series on P3s in the higher education space is intended to educate readers on this dynamic market—its history, opportunities, misconceptions, and more. It should be noted that every P3 deal is unique and this document is only …

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Campus-community strategizing: Not nice, but a must

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This is the first article in a two-part series by Gary Stewart, assistant vice president at Cornell University (bio below). The second article look at examples of Cornell’s projects and investments.   Town-gown relationships constitute one of the world’s most inexact sciences. The roots of “town-gown” go back to the Middle Ages, when many university …

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