Expanding the opportunity of career-transforming graduate education to more women.
Each year, two WISE members are awarded tuition-free admission to UMass Amherst's Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management for their choice of degree: a two-year MBA/MS or a one-year MS.
Graduate-level education is proven to sharply accelerate the advancement of women in the early stages of their careers. However, at the younger ages when women benefit most from this advanced degree is when they often have the least resources to invest in it.
The WISE/McCormack Graduate Scholars Award Program gives two WISE members each year tuition-free admission to UMass Amherst's Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management.
Since 2019, 10 Scholars have pursued an advanced degree at McCormack through this unique partnership.
Scholars can choose between one of two McCormack graduate sport management programs: a two-year MBA/MS dual-degree program that includes an accelerated MBA, and a one-year MS degree program. Both programs are full-time, on-campus programs for accelerated in-person learning.
About the UMass Amherst Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management
McCormack is the world's No. 1 ranked postgraduate sport management program by SportBusiness magazine, which has compiled and published its global rankings for the past 11 years. It is the second-oldest degree program of its kind globally, and one of the few sport management programs housed in a business school (The Isenberg School of Management).
McCormack's rigorous business school curriculum is led by a world-renowned research faculty, including a Women in Business standalone course and a majority female faculty group with research concentrations in women's sport and gender equity. The school focuses on experiential learning and industry-designed projects that bridge classroom and marketplace, while providing exposure to an unparalleled industry network and 1-to-1 access to a year-long graduate mentor.
