The Higher Education Consortia, organized under the guidance of managerial and analytical staff in the Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness at the University of Delaware, is composed of a diverse group of four-year, non-profit colleges and universities that contribute data to the National Study of Instructional Costs and Productivity – otherwise known as The Cost Study. The consortia annually produces data and analysis for a group of approximately two hundred institutions. These institutions which are both publicly and privately governed compose the foundation of the consortia. In addition, the consortia works with a number of state systems of higher education, regional university associations and a group of public policy economists to collaborate in research to better understand the dynamics of instructional productivity and costs at the academic discipline level. By using the longitudinal data of The Cost Study from over a twenty-five year period, the consortia has developed a number of academic papers and brief annual reports to advance the public understanding of the changing realities that affect the productivity and cost of teaching while providing some context about the amount of grant-funded research and public service activity that accompanies instruction. The consortia has produced advanced statistical models to identify efficient programs in terms of their teaching productivity which are differentiated at the academic discipline level and by faculty type and course level. The Higher Education Consortia Advisory Board, composed of representatives from all of the Carnegie classified groups in the study, meets quarterly to provide direction and guidance in setting policy and toward reaching the goals of advancing the continuous refinement of the study and the appropriate use of the consortia data for institutional planning and improvement.