<p>When my D was accepted at Cornell she mentioned it to the Dean at one of the other schools she was visiting and he said told her that Cornell was losing its Dean and that the faculty was in a state of upheaval. It was hard to know at the time if the Dean was being catty about another program or if there was truth to what he was saying. It seems that there was at least some truth to the rumors. I suspect he was getting this information from potential faculty members at Cornell he might have been interviewing.</p>
<p>In the long term I am sure the program will be fine, in the short term I hope it doesn’t affect your education.</p>
<p>rick</p>