"Financial officers from colleges and universities faced with spiraling expenses have discovered the truth in the maxim 'There's strength in numbers,'" Business Week reports. "And they're using that strength to wrest some savings in their school budgets. Take the case of a group of 20 Wisconsin private colleges that several years ago sought to broker a better deal on the diverse array of student health insurance plans each offered on their respective campuses. Collaborations like these among colleges and universities are quickly changing the way business is being conducted in the higher education sector."