Chris Corrigan

Jan 13, 2025 | jamesgmartin.center | Chris Corrigan

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 of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), a first step toward the revocation of its accreditation.

Aug 12, 2024 | jamesgmartin.center | Chris Corrigan

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 group of peer institutions. The implication from the announcement is that this is a bad thing. “We should demand to see our faculty in the top 10 in salaries, respect and shared governance,” the progressive organization declared.

Feb 28, 2024 | beaufortcountynow.com | Chris Corrigan

Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of The James G. Martin Center. The author of this post is Chris Corrigan.     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" as an additional and separate cost. In fact, tuition and fees are two completely separate things that shouldn't be lumped together.

Nov 8, 2023 | jamesgmartin.center | Chris Corrigan

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 ranking that rewards rich and selective institutions while saying little about the educational product they offer. As such, not much has changed in this year’s rankings. The new list looks more like the shuffling of a feudal hierarchy than an actual competition between organizations working to be the best.

Oct 9, 2023 | jamesgmartin.center | Chris Corrigan

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” as an additional and separate cost. In fact, tuition and fees are two completely separate things that shouldn’t be lumped together.