Small and tuition-dependent colleges are expanding course-sharing consortia to preserve programs and shore up budgets. Adrian College and more than 130 institutions joined a course-sharing consortium that delivers hundreds of majors online; Adrian reports a 13% reduction in academic budget without layoffs and launched 38 new programs through shared delivery. Higher‑education leaders are increasingly viewing course-sharing as a way to sustain curricular breadth without duplicative costs. Course-sharing allows students to enroll in courses offered by partner campuses for credit at their home institution, reducing the need for costly program maintenance at every site. Administrators argue the model improves student choice, reduces time-to-degree barriers, and creates revenue by filling seats across campuses. While course-sharing offers operational savings, it raises questions about quality assurance, faculty workload, and transfer policies. Systems and consortia that standardize advising, credit articulation, and instructional design will likely see the strongest returns, university leaders say.