Public-Private

Partnership Policy
POGO 750 / CEIE 690
Fall 2021
Week 2

 Agenda
• Pedagogy (carryover from week 1)

• Syllabus updates

• Blackboard Grading Schema

• Writing rubric

• Case study assignments

• Indiana Toll Road case (carryover from week 1)

• “Partnerships Victoria”

• Raymond et al., “Investing in Transportation”

Pedagogy

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 Teaching Style
• “Educare” - leading out, not stuf ng in

• Student engagement through discussion

• Writing

• Presentation

• Collaboration

• Peer-to-peer learning
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 Discussion Guidelines
• Speak concisely and to the point

• Speak to the issue, not ad hominem (“to the

person”)

• All opinions can be voiced, provided they are

offered in the spirit of humility and charity.

• No one will be “canceled” for what they say in class.

• We assume good will.

 Syllabus Updates

• Case dates added to schedule

• 10/21 eld trip still pending

• “Group case studies” and “Case studies” —

clarifying the difference.
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Blackboard Grading
Schema
 Writing Criteria (Rubric)
• Quality of content

• Addresses assignment; analytically clear/persuasive; objective; source

material quality; use of evidence/methodology.

• Tone, structure, organization

• Tone; clarity of intro, thesis, conclusion; use of transitions, headings

and other cohering strategies; logic and coherence of paragraphing in
support of main points.

• Mechanics

• Correct citation/documentation; presence of expected elements (title

page, page numbers, works cited if more than in footnotes); length
(word count); grammar, spelling, punctuation, article use.

Case Study
Assignments
 Case Study Projects
Fall 2021
• 18 students => 6 case 3. University of California
study teams of 3 Merced (redux)

1. Thames Tideway 4. Maryland Purple Line

Tunnel (London sewer
project) 5. JFK airport PPP

2. British Rail PPP and 6. Sepulveda Transit

aftermath Corridor (LA Metro)

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 Case Studies
• Written Case Study Report should include: • Written from a Neutral Point-of-View.
• Summary • Online encyclopedias are not acceptable
• Annotated List of Actors sources for citation (feel free to read to get
background information, but they are at best
• Timeline of Events tertiary sources).
• Maps of Locations • The report should be on the order of
• Risk matrix 3000-5000 words. It should be fully
• Contract type referenced. Additional readings on the order of
30 -100 pages should be assigned with the
• Cost case, these will be linked on the case web
• Financial structure page or handed out in class.
• Institutional structure • Case studies will be published on Wikibooks.
• Clear Identi cation of Policy Issues • In-class presentation (20 min) and discussion
(10 min)
• Narrative of the Case
• Non-presenters post critique before class.
• Lessons learned / takeaway
• Evaluation based on self-assessment and peer
• Discussion Questions
evaluation.
• Complete References of Cited
Source: Adapted from “Transportation Planning
Documents, primary and secondary (with
Casebook/About,” Wikibooks (accessed 9/3/14).
hyperlinks as appropriate).

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First Last Email Random
Case Study Selection
Marina Manganaris mmangana@gmu.edu 0.0222987

Jose Araujo jaraujo2@gmu.edu 0.05998766

Wes Bekalu wbekalu@gmu.edu 0.15895719 Tideway 9/30 Rian Shalini Qiang

Uchenna Nkenchor unkencho@gmu.edu 0.19593773

Susan Berhane sberhan4@gmu.edu 0.19608378

Rian Williams rwilli42@gmu.edu 0.26226704

British Rail 10/14 Tamara Andrew Fabiola
Danielle Harris dharri7@gmu.edu 0.36106506

Tamara Grozdanic tgrozdan@gmu.edu 0.38721949

UC Merced 10/28 Danielle Brian Kareem
Saeed Alshehhi salsheh@gmu.edu 0.41610613

Ka e Thompson kthomp35@gmu.edu 0.56292115

Brian Todd btodd@gmu.edu 0.65159739 Purple Line 11/4 Marina Uchenna George
Karim Abdelrehim kabdelre@gmu.edu 0.71040562

Andrew Bratman abratman@gmu.edu 0.76148629

JFK Airport 11/11 Jose Susan Saeed
George Lu glu@gmu.edu 0.83124897

Fabiola Sco fsco 2@gmu.edu 0.85234849

Shalini Avasarala savasara@gmu.edu 0.89175881

Sepulveda 11/18 Wes Katie Taylor
Qiang Chen qchen21@gmu.edu 0.95322235

Taylor Lucas tlucas6@gmu.edu 0.97858569

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“Public-Private Partnerships:
The Project Financing of the
Indiana Toll Road”

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• What are the general issues with toll road
privatization?

• Are these issues present in the ITR PPP?

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• What are other options for nancing the operation

of ITR?

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• Did MIG-Cintra pay too much or too little?

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