Higher-education leaders are expanding course-sharing partnerships to preserve programs and improve student access, industry reporting shows. Rize’s consortium and similar models let small, tuition-dependent colleges share courses and launch new majors without hiring full-time faculty — an approach Adrian College used to cut academic spending 13% while adding 38 programs. Course-sharing enables institutions to keep small-class pedagogy and reduce costs without large layoffs, proponents say. Systems and consortia can also consolidate demand across campuses to sustain niche majors and improve on-time graduation by removing course bottlenecks. Administrators evaluating collaboration models should assess credit-transfer agreements, shared advising workflows, and revenue-allocation formulas. Course-sharing can be a fiscal tool and a retention strategy when paired with careful governance and student supports.