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NAPA RESEARCH As the 2022-2023 academic year began, topics [...]
This mid-year update to our whitepaper, Trends in Advancement, Fall [...]
This mid-year update to our Fall 2022 whitepaper, How University-Related [...]
Over the past three years, we’ve seen several universities, schools [...]
Shifts in consumer behaviors and expectations accelerated by COVID-19 have [...]
As the 2022-2023 academic year began, topics of confidence in [...]
Overview In reporting on the trends in Pre-K–12 independent school [...]
The evidence is clear that employees today want more work-life [...]
As colleges and universities seek to become more relevant to [...]
Updated 2021 This whitepaper updates The Napa Group’s regular insights [...]
For university marketing professionals – and for the presidents for [...]
As more arms get vaccinated and society creaks open its [...]
DOWNLOAD PDF Events of the past seven months have leapfrogged [...]
Worldwide, organizations and employees together underwent a major upheaval of [...]
Nearly six decades have passed since the Civil Rights Movement, [...]
(Updated November, 2020) This resource guide provides informative and thoughtful [...]
Updated Fall 2020 These unprecedented times call on all of [...]
Implementing a platform business model, in contrast to a vertically [...]
In a crisis, let purpose and strategy be your “go [...]
Ask most college or university presidents or chancellors who have [...]
OVERVIEW With the advent of increased natural disaster frequency, prevalence [...]
Before the CoronaVirus (COVID-19) outbreak, many companies were already operating [...]
OVERVIEW Companies with a global presence and offices and remote [...]
As U.S. higher education starts a new decade, several critical [...]
Known as Institutionally Related Foundations (IRFs), affiliated university foundations currently [...]
Spotlight: “Strategic Plan Q and A” with F. Javier Nieto, [...]
The modern higher education “advancement organization” has been evolving since [...]
“Strategic planning served as a catalyst for momentum, differentiation, impact [...]
Kudos to Bill Walker, a new member of The Napa Group team, honored by CASE "for extraordinary service in education..." Photo: Sean Sime for CASE
“Risk assessment and compliance” have typically governed strategic plans for [...]
Download the PDF University and college presidents and CEOs face [...]
Aligned with University of Miami President’s visionary “Roadmap to Our [...]
There is no doubt artificial intelligence (A.I.) is playing a [...]
For the second year in a row, San Francisco’s Golden [...]
The volatile health care environment has challenged health-related community nonprofits [...]
How does an innovative undergraduate education program redesign itself for [...]
Six years ago, Grimmway Schools in California’s Central Valley launched [...]
F. Javier Nieto, new Dean of the College of Public [...]
For the third year in a row, Saint Mary’s College [...]
BizFlow, which delivers Business Process Management (BPM) solutions, has announced [...]
Most Agree That Education Is More Valuable Than Ever, But [...]
June 2016 After a few years of a “new normal” [...]
February 2016 Private independent schools for elementary and secondary students [...]
The new academic year launches against the backdrop of clashes [...]
Alumni association advocacy programs harness alumni support for the university’s [...]
It’s budget season, and educated alumni from public universities around [...]
Final Report of Findings, November, 2010 Conducted by The Napa [...]