DALLAS—From the development surrounding Texas A&M University's ever-expanding environs to the unique infill challenges of Drexel University's urban campus, public-private partnerships were the theme of RealShare Student Housing's third panel, "The Evolving P3 Model," in Dallas on Wednesday.

The three panelists—Joe Campbell, senior associate vice president for administrative operations at Drexel; Calvin D. Jamison, vice president for administration at the University of Texas at Dallas; and Phillip Ray, vice chancellor for business affairs at Texas A&M—joined moderator Josh Smith, vice president at Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions to discuss the interplay of this growing class of partnerships, the amount of which has more than doubled in the last five years.

Jamison relayed his university's evolution, and explained how it has always been tied to the area's employers and capital base.