Journalist Fareed Zakaria recently accused of plagiarism has resigned from his position on Yale University’s governing board to better focus on his work, The Associated Press reports.
The New Haven Register reports that in a letter to Yale President Richard Levin, Fareed Zakaria said he needed to shed some of his responsibilities as he re-examines his professional life.
Levin thanked Zakaria for his time and service.
Zakaria was suspended earlier this month by Time magazine and CNN for lifting several paragraphs from a New Yorker magazine essay and using them in his Time magazine column. Zakaria apologized, calling it a “terrible mistake.”
CNN and Time reinstated Zakaria last week, saying their reviews of his work had shown the lapse was an isolated incident.
