Kyle Johnson for The New York Times
A dozen years ago, the University of Washington barred athletic coaches from having contact with anyone in the admissions department.
With a move that now seems prescient, administrators sought to allay any concerns that coaches could put undue pressure on admissions personnel, while also bringing more oversight to athletics, in this case through a committee of senior faculty members, deans and other university representatives.
The previous arrangement, said Philip Ballinger, a top administrator, “didn’t have sufficient transparency; it didn’t have enough eyes on it.”
The leeway coaches get in recruiting has long been a point of discussion in higher education circles.