No Research, No Tenure for One Olin Professor

There is somewhat of a controversy brewing at Olin Business School on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. Professor Tzachi Zach was recently denied tenure in his sixth year at Olin teaching Accounting. The main reason for the decline was the lack of published research in Professor Zach's body of work. Zach had hoped for a three year extension before a final decision on his tenure decision was rendered. WUSTL's independent student newspaper quoted one colleague of Zach's as saying, "I think it would be very difficult for anyone to say that we are better off as a school without Professor Zach here," Mark Soczek, lecturer of accounting and the director of the center for experiential learning in the business school, said. "I would challenge anyone to make that statement." Students have mobilized on Facebook under a group called "Olin School of Business needs to rethink its priorities."