Expanded alumni data for a changing higher education landscape. How Alumni Pathways Is Evolving to Help Institutions Meet Growing Demands for Career Outcomes Data Published on Jul 16, 2026 For colleges and universities, the need for robust alumni outcomes data has never been more urgent. Students and families are placing greater scrutiny on return on investment. Institutional leaders are looking for stronger evidence to guide program review and strategic planning. New federal policies - including the Department of Education's new earnings accountability framework, Workforce Pell, and broader legislative efforts focused on workforce development and educational value - are all reinforcing the same trend: higher education is increasingly being asked to demonstrate student success through measurable career outcomes. This shift is impacting nearly every office on campus: * Institutional research teams need reliable, longitudinal data to support reporting, accreditation, and strategic planning. * Academic leaders want better information to guide curriculum and program review. * Marketing and enrollment teams need stronger evidence of ROI to support recruitment efforts. * Career services offices want to help students explore real career possibilities backed by evidence. * Executive leaders need trustworthy alumni data to inform strategic decisions and communicate institutional value. In light of this, institutions need outcomes data that's comprehensive, reliable, and actionable. That's exactly what Alumni Pathways is built to deliver. Innovation to meet the moment. By connecting your alumni records with Lightcast's workforce intelligence and education records from the National Student Clearinghouse(R), Alumni Pathways helps you understand where your graduates work, what additional education they've pursued, and how their careers progress over time. Today, Lightcast Enterprise is excited to share two major enhancements that make Alumni Pathways even more valuable: Global Profiles, which extends alumni visibility beyond the United States, and the Alumni Pathways API, which gives institutions unprecedented flexibility in how they access and use alumni outcomes data. New: Track alumni careers around the world with Global Profiles. Historically, international visibility has been a challenge for institutions seeking comprehensive alumni career outcomes intelligence. Many institutions educate international students who return home after graduation, or domestic students whose careers eventually take them abroad. Until now, those career journeys have often disappeared from view, making it difficult to fully understand institutional impact or tell the complete story of alumni success. With the addition of Global Profiles, Alumni Pathways extends career outcomes beyond U.S. borders. Powered by Lightcast's global data coverage, institutions can now track alumni career pathways across more than 165 countries, giving them a more comprehensive understanding of where graduates live, work, and build their careers. International job titles and skills are automatically translated and normalized with Lightcast's proprietary taxonomies, making it easy to analyze global career data alongside domestic outcomes. Global profiles are also seamlessly integrated into existing Alumni Pathways reports, with simple filters for viewing domestic, international, or combined alumni populations. For institutions, that opens up several exciting opportunities. Global Profiles can help you: * Track the career outcomes of students who move abroad after graduation. * Demonstrate your institution's worldwide impact and reach. * Show prospective students that graduates succeed in the countries where they hope to build their careers. Alumni Pathways leverages Lightcast's global dataset of over 600M professional profiles across 165 countries - offering insight into career outcomes even for alumni that move overseas. New: Bring Alumni Pathways data into your own systems with the Alumni Pathways API. Quality data becomes even more valuable when it's easy to use. That's why Lightcast Enterprise is also excited to introduce the new Alumni Pathways API. Rather than relying solely on PDFs or spreadsheets, institutions can now integrate Alumni Pathways data directly into their own systems, allowing alumni outcomes to become part of existing reporting, analytics, and even student-facing experiences. The API gives institutions maximum flexibility to access, combine, and display alumni outcomes data wherever it's most useful. That means you can: * Integrate Alumni Pathways data into institutional data warehouses and business intelligence platforms. * Power executive dashboards with automatically updated career outcomes. * Embed alumni outcomes directly onto academic program pages and institutional websites. Concept mockup for illustrative purposes. For institutional research teams, this means less time managing exports and more time generating insights. For marketing and enrollment teams, it means automatically embedding current alumni outcomes, in fully branded displays, wherever prospective students are exploring programs. For leadership teams, it means having trusted career outcomes data available inside the systems they already use every day. Innovation driven by the needs of higher education. These updates aren't standalone feature releases. They reflect a broader commitment to helping institutions get more value from alumni outcomes data as higher education continues to evolve. As expectations around accountability, workforce alignment, and return on investment continue to grow, colleges and universities need alumni data that is not only reliable, but also actionable. That's what Alumni Pathways delivers. Whether you're supporting strategic planning, demonstrating institutional value, or helping students explore career possibilities, Lightcast Enterprise is pleased to offer the insight you need for confident, data-driven decisions. Ready to see it in action? Schedule a personalized walkthrough with its team to explore how Alumni Pathways can help your institution put alumni success data to work.

BIA bets on ai-driven intelligence with new VP hire. June 22, 2026 After more than two decades moving between media, advertising, and SaaS strategy, Michael Guerity is stepping into a new Vice President role at BIA Advisory Services, leading the firm's Market Intelligence and Strategic Communications division. Guerity, who previously held senior leadership roles at Cox Media Group and Sinclair Broadcast Group's Drive Auto division, comes to BIA from Lightcast, where he served as Head of GTM Strategy & Marketing. At BIA, he will oversee market positioning, research storytelling, content development, and industry engagement, while helping shape how the firm develops and delivers its US local advertising forecast intelligence and market analysis. In addition, Guerity will work alongside the firm's forecasting and leadership teams to expand the value of its intelligence offerings through AI-enabled processes. BIA Advisory Services CEO Tom Buono said, "Mike brings a unique combination of media industry expertise, strategic communications leadership, digital innovation, and revenue growth strategy that aligns perfectly with BIA's mission. As media and advertising continue to evolve, his experience will help our clients identify emerging opportunities, navigate industry change, and make more informed strategic decisions." Guerity added, "Media companies are navigating fundamental shifts in how consumers discover content, how advertisers allocate budgets, and how technology is reshaping the marketplace. The opportunity ahead for BIA is not simply to deliver more data, but to make our market intelligence more actionable, accessible, and valuable so clients can identify growth opportunities, make more informed decisions, and navigate the rapid changes shaping the future of local advertising." Share via:

Lightcast named to TIME's inaugural list of America's Top WorkTech Companies for 2026. Jun 15, 2026, 09:00 ET Recognition highlights Lightcast's role in helping organizations navigate workforce transformation through labor market intelligence and skills data MOSCOW, Idaho, June 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Lightcast, a global leader in labor market intelligence, today announced it has been named to TIME's inaugural list of America's Top WorkTech Companies 2026, developed in partnership with Statista. The ranking recognizes organizations shaping the future of work through technology innovation, business performance, and industry impact. TIME and Statista evaluated more than 5,000 US companies that develop and deliver workplace technologies, assessing each organization across two primary dimensions: financial strength and industry impact. Companies were evaluated using a broad set of indicators, including revenue growth, funding data, product influence, market presence, and intellectual property. The final ranking identifies the top 250 companies in the nation. The recognition reflects Lightcast's growing role as the data foundation for workforce strategy. Every day, employers, educators, policymakers, and economic development leaders rely on Lightcast's labor market intelligence to understand workforce trends, identify emerging skills, align talent strategies, and respond to rapid changes driven by technology and AI. "As organizations face unprecedented shifts in skills demand, workforce mobility, and AI adoption, the need for trusted labor market intelligence has never been greater," said Timothy van den Broek, CEO of Lightcast. "We're honored to be recognized by TIME and Statista among the companies shaping the future of work. This recognition reflects our team's commitment to turning complex workforce data into actionable intelligence that helps leaders make smarter decisions about talent, skills, and economic opportunity." The America's Top WorkTech Companies methodology is notable for its emphasis on both business performance and market influence. Statista's analysis examined thousands of companies across categories including HR technology, workforce management, employee experience, learning and development, and workplace operations. The research combined multiple data sources to evaluate each company's financial strength alongside its measurable impact on the evolving world of work. For Lightcast, that impact is rooted in one of the world's most comprehensive collections of labor market data. The company continuously analyzes billions of labor market signals from job postings, career profiles, government sources, employer records, and education data to provide structured real-time visibility into workforce trends. These insights help organizations answer critical questions about talent availability, skills gaps, workforce planning, compensation, career mobility, and emerging occupations. Lightcast's labor market intelligence powers workforce decisions for thousands of organizations worldwide, including Fortune 500 companies, higher education institutions, workforce boards, economic development agencies, and governments seeking to align talent strategies with changing labor market realities. Lightcast is the global leader in labor market intelligence, empowering smarter decisions for businesses, education institutions, and governments worldwide. With the world's most comprehensive database - spanning over 3 billion job postings, 1.2 billion career profiles, and 100+ government sources - Lightcast delivers unparalleled insight into skills, jobs, companies, professional profiles, and workforce trends across 165 countries. Our proprietary taxonomies, advanced AI, and expert guidance transform complex data into clear, actionable intelligence. Lightcast has offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, New Zealand, and India. Learn more at lightcast.io Press contact: JP Lespinasse Phone: (208) 883-3500 Email: [email protected] SOURCE Lightcast