Charlotte, NC: The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) has announced a partnership with Lightcast, a leading provider of labor market analytics to support the Association in analyzing the impacts of athletics and tracking, analyzing, and promoting the career outcomes of its student athletes.
The NJCAA plays a vital role in collegiate athletics and is a leader in championing academic and athletic opportunities for student-athletes. The association and its member organizations have positively impacted their regions, institutions, and student athletes for the past eight decades and the NJCAA is partnering with Lightcast to help quantify that impact and track these outcomes across the 525 member organizations. The goal is to help both the association and members analyze, communicate, market, and promote the value athletics brings to their institutions and regions.
"The NJCAA is excited about Lightcast becoming one of our newest partners," NJCAA President and CEO Dr. Christopher Parker said. "Our association is committed to creating opportunities for our student-athletes, and this partnership will further that mission as we work to serve our member colleges and student-athletes better."
Lightcast specializes in providing data-driven insights to over 1,500 higher education institutions, 775 state and local governments organizations, and 67 of the Fortune 100. Lightcast data offers the most detailed information on skills, jobs, supply, and demand throughout the global labor market. Lightcast will specifically help NJCAA drill into alumni outcomes data to provide insight into the professional and academic pathways students take after they graduate. In addition, its proprietary economic impact work will focus on assessing the economic and social contributions NJCAA has on its local and regional economies.
"Lightcast is honored to partner with the NJCAA and its member institutions as the official Labor Market Data and Analytics provider," said Cara Christopher, EVP of Marketing at Lightcast. "We look forward to helping communicate the value of athletics in shaping student athlete's lives and preparing them for the world of work through robust, reliable, labor market data."
About NJCAA
Since 1938, the NJCAA has served as the premier governing body for two-year collegiate athletics, providing student-athletes with opportunities to prepare, compete, succeed, and achieve in both their academic and athletic disciplines. The NJCAA is the second-largest national intercollegiate athletic organization in the U.S., with over 500 member schools and 3,400 teams competing in 28 different sports. Each year, the NJCAA sponsors 57 national championship events and sanctioned bowl games.
About Lightcast
Lightcast provides trusted global labor market data, analytics, and expert guidance that empowers communities, corporations, and learning providers to make informed decisions and navigate the increasingly complex world of work. With a database of more than 2.5 billion job postings and career profiles, our team provides best-in-class customer service with robust data, clear analysis, and expert guidance on skills, jobs, and opportunities. Lightcast is active in more than 30 countries and has offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, New Zealand, and India. The company is backed by global private equity leader KKR.
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Press contact: Cara Christopher
Phone: (208) 816-6075
Email: media@lightcast.io