Jacquese Starling

Jai Starling is the founder and principal consultant of J.Starling Strategy & Financial Consulting and the author of two newsletters, Grant Advantage and Feel Free to Ignore. She partners with institutions, nonprofits and mission-driven organizations to align operations with values through data-informed financial strategy and culturally accountable systems.

Higher education’s systems problem costs more than money

The sector that appears stable on the surface while critical functions underneath strain, crack and eventually give way.

Financial transparency: Who’s really minding the money?

This is the institutional contradiction: Public declarations of excellence built atop systems running on guesswork. That is no longer sustainable.

Why data science is revolutionary for higher ed finance

The question is not if higher education finance will evolve—it’s whether your institution will lead the way.