Author Profile

Chris Corrigan

Chris Corrigan is a graduate of Notre Dame University, with a BS in physics, and Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, with an MBA. He is a former naval aviator who served for 30 years (active and reserve) in the United States Navy. He has worked in Silicon Valley as a manager at a start-up technology company; as a self-employed farmer, cattleman, and forest landowner; and as a chief financial officer at several higher-education institutions and non-profits, among them the Arthritis Foundation and Emory College (Emory University's undergraduate enterprise). He is mostly retired now, living on his farm in Southwest Georgia with his wife, Martha.

Articles by Chris Corrigan


Saint Augustine’s Hail Mary

Saint Augustine’s University (SAU), a private Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Raleigh, N.C., announced on December 11 that it had been removed from membership with the Southern Association…


Faculty Salaries Are Complicated

The Coalition for Carolina recently noted that UNC-Chapel Hill has dropped out of the top-10 “average adjusted faculty salary” rankings for the 2023-24 academic year, as measured against a select…


College Rankings Can Still Get Better

U.S. News & World Report released its 2024 “Best Colleges” ranking in September. Marketed as a guide for students in their college-selection process, the list is, in reality, a reputational…


They Have to Get Money Somehow

When students and parents plan for the cost of college, they mostly consider “tuition and fees” as a single expense for the academic part of university attendance and “living expenses”…


How to Cut Costs on Campus

In my last article for the Martin Center, I outlined how increasing tuition discounts are indicative of a looming financial crisis for many colleges and universities. Tuition discounting and a…


Tuition Discount Rates Are Rising

The National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) released its biennial tuition-discounting survey in April. The results indicate that increasing discounts may be the canary in the coal…