"Ian Roberts, who immigration authorities say was living and working in the U.S. illegally and who resigned this week as Des Moines' superintendent of schools, claimed in his 2023 application that he received a doctorate in urban educational leadership from Morgan State University in 2007, according to documents The Associated Press obtained through a public records request. Although Roberts was enrolled in that doctorate program from 2002 to 2007, the school's public relations office confirmed in an email that he didn't receive that degree."
"The Des Moines school board learned before hiring Roberts that he hadn't received the degree, but it still chose him to lead the district, which serves about 30,000 students. "As part of the background check process that was done at the time, it indicated that he did not complete -- he began but did not complete a degree from Morgan State," district spokesman Phil Roeder told the AP. The background check was conducted by a third party and is not a public record, Roeder said."
Ian Roberts, detained by immigration agents and resigned as Des Moines superintendent, claimed a 2007 doctorate in urban educational leadership from Morgan State University on his 2023 application. Morgan State confirmed he enrolled from 2002 to 2007 but did not receive the degree and declined to specify unmet requirements. The Des Moines school board learned before hiring that he had not completed the doctorate but still appointed him to lead the district of about 30,000 students. A third-party background check flagged the incomplete dissertation; the consultant provided both a revised resume and later the original resume to the district. The board described itself as a victim of deception.
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