The P3s Strike Back

This week, we return to the subject of Public-Private Partnerships (P3s). We are also checking back in with Corvias, the Rhode Island-based development company that operates many dorms across the University System of Georgia. Corvias's interactions with USG during the pandemic show one example of what can happen when the terms of a P3 deal stop benefitting the private partner.

‘Ethics and Best Practice’: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/03/10/new-documents-reveal-strained-relationship-between-u-system-ga-and-dorm-operator

"Corvias Campus Living Secures $548.3 Million In Private Financing For First-Of-Its-Kind Public-Private Partnership With The Board Of Regents Of The University System Of Georgia": https://www.corvias.com/news/corvias-campus-living-secures-5483-million-private-financing-first-its-kind-public-private

"As U.S. soldiers battle landlord, confidential records shine light on his lucrative business": https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-military-developer/

"School’s back: How the neoliberal “privatization of risk” explains the deadly decision to re-open campuses": https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2020/10/08/schools-back-how-the-neoliberal-privatization-of-risk-explains-the-deadly-decision-to-re-open-campuses/

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R0WzbUP9k_L8V6iToapSBJLfbH-F78enVsTUCw-c4gA/edit?usp=sharing