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It takes a LONG time to turn a graduate department around. First, you have to recruit faculty from other top schools, who already have great research and publication records, to a department that isn't even on the radar screen for grad programs. Once you have them in place, then you have to convince the best grad students to take a chance on an unknown department (which is why you need to recruit the faculty with established track records first) -- this involves convincing their undergrad advisors as well. Then you have to get those students placed in good academic or industry positions, which helps establish your credentials as a serious department, and those students need to produce and get tenure down the road. All of this takes time and money, but Notre Dame is already in the process of making major improvements in a number of departments.
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