Dr. Jack Scott, a Democratic California state senator, has been named chancellor of the California Community College System. Currently, he serves as chairman of the Senate Education Committee and will assume his new post in January 2009. Scott holds a bachelor’s from Abilene Christian College, a master’s from Yale University and a doctorate from Claremont Graduate University.
DR. SHAHID ANSARI has been named dean of faculty at Babson College (Mass.). He is the Zwerling Term Chair Professor of Behavioral and Managerial Accounting at the college. Ansari earned a bachelor’s and master’s from the University of Karachi in Pakistan and a doctorate from Columbia University.
DR. LOREN BLANCHARD has been named senior vice president for academic affairs at Xavier University of Louisiana, effective July 1. Blanchard earned a bachelor’s from Xavier, a master’s from McNeese State University and a doctorate from the University of Georgia.
