Adrian College reported savings and program growth after joining a course‑sharing consortium, cutting its academic budget by 13% while launching 38 new majors and aiming to reduce tuition. The college’s model of cross‑institutional course delivery has expanded to more than 130 institutions and offers a pathway for tuition‑dependent colleges to preserve programs without layoffs. Higher‑education leaders argue course‑sharing and classroom collaboration can boost completion and fiscal sustainability without sacrificing academic quality. Systems and consortia exploring shared faculty, online course delivery, and cross‑campus credits see course‑sharing as a pragmatic response to enrollment declines and the demographic cliff.