Stanley Gordon "Stan" Jones (November 22, 1949 – February 6, 2017) was an American educator and politician.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jones moved to West Lafayette, Indiana in 1967.
Then Stan served as senior advisor to Governor of Indiana Evan Bayh, a post he would hold for more than five years, before being appointed as Indiana's 5th Higher Education Commissioner in 1995.
During his more than 12-year tenure, he is credited as the primary architect of several landmark education policy initiatives, including the 21st Century Scholars program, an early promise scholarship aimed at increasing the number of low-income students attending and completing a postsecondary education.
In 2009, Jones founded the national nonprofit Complete College America and was President for 8 years, getting 42 states on board.