The Consortium on Financing Higher Education (COFHE) is an institutionally supported organization of 31 private colleges and universities. COFHE schools are united in their commitment to providing exceptional educational opportunities for highly talented students and to identifying and implementing best practices in fiscal management. COFHE actively supports their efforts to remain affordable and accessible for students from all socioeconomic backgrounds. COFHE's work includes:

    * Collecting from and reporting to the member institutions historical data relating to admission, financial aid, and costs.
    * Conducting periodic and special studies to investigate aspects of institutional policy and administrative practices.
    * Convening general policy and research discussions of broad interest and import.
    * Monitoring developments within the federal government and the private sector as these developments relate to the        financing of higher education, with specific emphasis on financial aid and student loan programs.

The "Take a Closer Look" project is part of an effort to create greater awareness of the ways in which COFHE schools and others like them serve the public good through the opportunities they provide and the values they instill.