University of Massachusetts administrators recently prevented an Amherst campus chaplain from offering college credits to students for campaigning for Barack Obama in New Hampshire, AP reports.

Cheers for the U. Mass leadership. And cheers also for AP, whose inquiries appear to have concentrated the minds of those in charge:

University officials disavowed themselves of the effort after inquiries yesterday by the Associated Press. They said it could run afoul of state ethics laws banning on-the-job political activity, as well as university policy.