The Crisis Playbook for Universities in Trouble NYT - Home Page By: Mark Arsenault and Vimal Patel 14 October 2026 at 23:38 Schools under scrutiny as Cornell is often follow a sort of public relations playbook, adding rules, hiring outside investigators and sometimes making leadership changes. Β© Lauren Petracca for The New York TimesIn comments this week, Cornellβs president, Michael I. Kotlikoff, acknowledged anger and βa loss of trustβ in Cornellβs leadership.