They are admitting, but not offering funding, except maybe one slot if they're lucky. The dean made them post a statement that all admits were fully funded, bizarrely, because he then refused the funding for it. I was accepted but told "it's a lean year." I feel bad for the dept chairs; I've served time in unfunded academia before and it's embarrassing. If anyone else communicates with the interim DGS (we've emailed back and forth a few times, and he's quite beleaguered [sp?] and kind), be gentle!
