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UK's Plan to Replace Housing

The University of Kentucky is about to embark on a big, new experiment, hiring a private developer to replace and manage all of its on-campus student housing. Lots of questions about the plan remain unanswered as UK negotiates with Education Realty Trust of Memphis, Tenn., ironing out details of the expected massive project. But just down the road at the University of Louisville, and at other campuses across the nation, smaller versions of the same experiment have already played out.

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