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Public-Private Partnerships in College Student Housing

Table 1
Institutional Advantages and Disadvantages of Public-Private Partnerships
Advantages

Disadvantages

Frees up capital for other facilities

Steep learning curve centered around
the most appropriate partnership model

Ability to construct new facilities without directly
contributing to the debt capacity (i.e., "off-the-books")

Potential for institutions to sacrifice control

Expedites the development and construction process

Opportunity costs associated with land

Potential for reduced construction costs

Deterioration of cheaply-built buildings

Access to private developer expertise
and latest design trends

Investors may press for greater returns,
leading to cost cutting or rate increases

Allows housing department staff to focus on student
development and learning

Cultural conflict between housing department
and private corporation

Ability to support enrollment management objectives
of institution

Increased complexity of deals, reducing
benefits for institutions
Student confusion regarding where to
direct concerns/questions

Note: This information is a synthesis of the available literature on PPPs in student housing (e.g., Bernstein, 2010;
Bronstein, Taylor, & Samuels, 2010; Cole, 2012; Gagliano, 2015; Lewandowski & Bielat, 2010; Sanseviro, 2010).

the three institutions. We identified the following institutional pseudonyms to maintain confidentiality for participants: (a) Atlantic State
University (ASU), (b) University of the Foggy
Mountains (UFM), and (c) Somerset University (SU). We also assigned pseudonyms to the
private developers, which were often nationally
recognized companies, to protect the institution-developer relationship: Apex, Colonnade,
Collegia, and Portico. Sites were intentionally
selected using the following criteria: (a) The
institution had recently entered into a PPP in
student housing, (b) The respective PPP represented a distinct type of partnership, and (c)
the institution was accessible to the research

team through campus gatekeepers who served
in senior administrative positions in student
housing (Creswell, 2014). Because each of the
three case study sites is a large, public institution with a research mission located in an
urban area, we were able to compare across
sites; however, the unique nature of the PPP
at each site also allowed the research team to
examine the effects of different partnership
models.
One strength of case study methodology is
the use of multiple sources of data to triangulate findings (Stake, 1995; Yin, 2014). During
data collection, we immersed ourselves into
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