A political-science professor and veteran pollster at Syracuse University, Jeffrey M. Stonecash, has tentatively agreed to cease using university resources in polls he conducts for political candidates, The Post-Standard, a local newspaper, reported today.

University officials had asked Mr. Stonecash to shut down his operation after a Democratic candidate for Congress complained that the professor was using Syracuse to promote a partisan business for private gain. Mr. Stonecash will meet with university officials later today, at which point the decision may be made final.

Mr. Stonecash, a registered Democrat, has hired students to conduct the polls. During his 24 years as a pollster, he has worked for New York politicians on both sides of the political aisle. He has also polled for nonprofit groups, school districts, private businesses, and the university’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, where he teaches.

Mr. Stonecash’s most recent poll, released in April, was for a Republican Congressional candidate, Dale Sweetland. A spokesman for Mr. Sweetland’s opponent in the race, the Democrat Dan Maffei, said the campaign had not filed a formal complaint with the university but had raised concerns with Syracuse officials.

Kevin Quinn, the university’s vice president for public affairs, acknowledged that an informal complaint had prompted Syracuse to act, but he did not identify the source. —Allie Grasgreen