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Dan E. Way

Dan E. Way is a senior communications manager at the North Carolina Department of State Treasurer and a freelance writer. He worked for eight years at Carolina Journal, where he was an associate editor; edited the Chapel Hill Herald from 2009-11; served as metro editor at the Durham Herald-Sun from 2005-08; and worked at various senior editing and management positions at newspapers in Montgomery, Ala., Columbus, Miss., Greenville, Miss., Fort Walton Beach, Fla., Williamsport, Pa., and Renovo, Pa.

Additionally, he was founding president of the Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information, former president of the Louisiana-Mississippi Associated Press Managing Editors, and winner of multiple writing awards. His bachelor's degree in journalism and media studies is from Lock Haven University in Lock Haven, Pa., where he completed a supporting studies program in Spanish. He is a native of Williamsport, Pa. He lives in Hillsborough and is the father of three sons.

Articles by Dan E. Way

Nov 21, 2022 · Dan E. Way

Don’t Hide the Discount Rate

Colleges’ tuition costs are easy enough to find, but not every student pays list price. Education experts agree that data about so-called discount rates could be an invaluable tool for…

Sep 26, 2022 · Dan E. Way

N.C. Campuses’ Long War

World wars have been fought in less time than the battle the UNC and N.C. Community College Systems have waged to create a user-friendly database that active-duty military personnel and…

Aug 30, 2019 · Dan E. Way

The Key to Success for Young People Isn’t Always College

As young people worry about their futures, going to college isn’t necessarily their first step toward a good job. Entrepreneur Isaac Morehouse predicts the relevance of colleges, and the degrees…

Jan 7, 2019 · Dan E. Way

Why Does North Carolina Keep Bailing Out ECU’s Medical School?

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has been bailed out by the state to stay afloat, but it’s hard to say how, exactly, North Carolina has benefited…

Sep 17, 2018 · Dan E. Way

A New Campus Invention for Policing Speech

Colleges are using a new tool with the frightening potential to shut down open dialogue. They go by the benign-sounding name of “bias response teams.” Bias response teams monitor what…

Jun 22, 2018 · Dan E. Way

With Colleges Shifting to Adjuncts, Teaching Quality May Suffer

The number of part-time and nontenure faculty continues to rise on campus as university officials try to cut costs. So does their dissatisfaction over wages and benefits, which is stirring…

Feb 26, 2018 · Dan E. Way

North Carolina Works to Ensure Success of Military Students

Drone pilots have assumed an increasingly valuable role in military operations. Soon they may be able to leverage their unique experience into academic credits through the North Carolina Community College…

Sep 4, 2017 · Dan E. Way

Segregated Student Housing: Exclusion in the Name of Inclusion

Irwin Holmes was in his living room, a laptop computer in front of him, a pile of reading materials stacked next to him, and his wife seated nearby when he…

Feb 27, 2017 · Dan E. Way

Citing Genetics and Power of Rock Music, Physicist Says Diversity Crossbreeds Excellence

James Gates Jr. is a theoretical physicist renowned for his work with supersymmetry, supergravity, and string theory. The University of Maryland professor says he prefers to shun publicity, but his…

Feb 6, 2017 · Dan E. Way

Starving the Beast Prompts Choleric Call to Fatten a Sacred Cow

Listening to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill law professor Gene Nichol’s radical riff ripping trustees and the UNC system’s Board of Governors as cowards, and Republican lawmakers as…