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Karen Arenson
Born
Karen W. Arenson

1949
New York
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
OccupationJournalist

Karen W. Arenson (born 1949 in New York[1]) is an American retired journalist for The New York Times.

Early life and education

Arenson earned an undergraduate degree in economics from the

John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.[3]

Career

Arenson spent most of her career as a reporter covering higher education for The New York Times. She began with the Times in 1978, and retired from her position in May 2008.

Chronicle of Higher Education called Arenson "one of the most visible higher-education reporters in the country" during the twelve years she covered higher education for the Times. According to the Chronicle, "She was one of the first journalists in the mainstream press to write about early decision in admissions, the aggressive investments colleges were making with their endowments, and the growth of for-profit colleges."[4]

In 2005, Arenson was the first to report on the results of a widely reported committee investigating antisemitism related to Joseph Massad at Columbia University. It had been provided by Columbia officials before its official release on the condition that she did not "seek reaction from other interested parties" including the students who had lodged the complaints, though Columbia agreed to allow a professor who had "exceeded commonly accepted bounds of behavior" to respond.[5] The Times was obliged to append a note detailing a departure from its policy that "writers are not permitted to forgo follow-up reporting in exchange for information",[5] which they noted Arenson and editors had not recalled.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Ask a Reporter Q&A: Karen Arenson". The New York Times. 2001. Archived from the original on October 15, 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Prominent Higher-Education Reporter to Step Down at New York Times". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
  3. ^ "Elite Educators". Harvard Magazine. 2002-11-01. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  4. ^ Selingo, Jeffrey (May 1, 2008). "Prominent Higher-Education Reporter to Step Down at New York Times". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Archived from the original on September 10, 2008. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  5. ^
    ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  6. ProQuest 232303309
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