Freeman Business

Illustration by Juan Bernabeu depicting the four focus areas of the new certificates program

The competitive value of noncompete clauses

- Fall/Winter 2024 -

The FTC argues that banning noncompete clauses would create new businesses, raise worker wages and boost innovation, but agreements prohibiting employee mobility offer important benefits for both the firms and society.

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Rage clicks: Study shows how political outrage fuels social media engagement

- Fall/Winter 2024 -

A new Freeman School of Business study explains why politically charged content gets more engagement from those who disagree with it.

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From the Dean: Looking back and looking forward

Energy students touring manufacturing facility

- Fall/Winter 2023 -

At a senior leadership retreat earlier this year, Provost Forman posed two questions that neatly encapsulated what I’d been thinking about: What is the Freeman School known for? And what do we want the Freeman School to be known for?

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Students help Entergy create a brighter future

- Fall/Winter 2023 -

To get a better handle on factors impacting solar viability in Louisiana, Entergy worked with a team of Freeman School energy students to study the impact of geographic diversification on solar reliability.

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Freeman receives $5 million gift to launch experiential learning center

experiential learning center blueprint image

- Fall/Winter 2023 -

The Schwartz Family Center for Experiential Business Learning will dramatically expand opportunities for students to “learn by doing” and facilitate new partnerships with local, regional, national and global corporations with whom students will work on significant and highly relevant projects.

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Freeman launches new full-time MBA curriculum

Claire Senot teaching MBA class in Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex

- Fall/Winter 2023 -

Designed to be data intensive, highly experiential and future focused, the STEM-designated program, which launched in fall 2023, leverages Freeman’s established strengths while delivering the knowledge, skills and experience sought by today’s top employers.

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BSM program climbs to No. 31 in Poets & Quants undergraduate ranking

- Fall/Winter 2023 -

The Freeman School climbed 11 spots to No. 31 in the 2023 Poets&Quants for Undergrads ranking of the nation’s best undergraduate business schools.

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New EDI dean hopes to build a better, more diverse business school

- Fall/Winter 2023 -

As the Freeman School’s first associate dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Erick Valentine is working to embed the values of EDI throughout the B-school.

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Freeman launches online MBA program

- Fall/Winter 2023 -

To meet the growing demand for online graduate business education, Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business announces the launch of its first fully online Master of Business Administration program.

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Freeman welcomes 11 to faculty for 2023-24

- Fall/Winter 2023 -

The A. B. Freeman School of Business is pleased to announce the appointment of 11 new faculty members for the 2023–24 academic year.

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New minor in Entrepreneurial Business launched

Rob Lalka teaches class in Lepage Center Incubator

- Fall/Winter 2023 -

The Entrepreneurial Business minor is an 18-credit-hour program designed to provide students with a firm foundation in the essentials of entrepreneurship.

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Reimagining undergraduate business education

- Fall/Winter 2023 -

As the Freeman School’s new associate dean of undergraduate education, Myke Yest is working to deliver a seamless, fully integrated educational experience.

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