Senior administrators at UC Davis are returning part time to the classroom, indulging their first academic calling and responding to Provost Larry Vanderhoef's urging that they find time to teach. "Having senior administrators teach visible, 'real' courses has obvious symbolic value in an academic community that not only finds itself short of both faculty and funds, but also feels there has been a disconnect between the administration ethos and the real business of the university," Vanderhoef says. "Whatever the realities, our efforts will, at minimum, free departmental resources for other instructional needs, and our presence in the classroom will put us at the core of the academic enterprise." One academic administrator is currently teaching molecular and cellular biology to a class of 150 undergrads; another is preparing for a spring quarter class on the Victorian novel. One vice chancellor will school students next quarter on running nonprofit organizations, while another is planning an introductory physics course. Several administrators also maintain active research programs that offer undergraduate and graduate students opportunities for hands-on collaboration. In fact, students in one vice chancellor's physics lab have just filed a patent on discoveries they've made.