The Boston Consortium for Higher Education

The Boston Consortium for Higher educations programming is focused on servicing their members with The community of practice and The share service programs. The Boston consoritum for Higher Education's communities of practice serve as forums for discussion, support, information sharing, and problem solving among peers. The communities gather in-person, conduct video meetings, and connect via tbcs listservs. Through The meetings and listservs, members share best practices, brainstorm ideas for new shared services and contracts for cost savings, and deepen their collegial relationships through collaboration. The Boston Consortium for Higher Education manages shared service programs designed to help members realize additional value, collaborate, and achieve administrative excellence. Shared services include internal audit services, risk management services, and The academic and healthcare travel program which offers discounts for domestic and international travel.

During The year The Consortium received grants and funding from participating institutions to create an insurance captive to support The objectives of The member institutions. The primary objectives of this captive were long-term cost savings, more predictable costs that were less subject to commercial market volatility and to provide increased control of coverage and capacity.