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Des Moines superintendent did not receive the doctoral degree he frequently claimed archive.is Tyler Jett Des Moines Register ?Updated Sept. 30, 2025, 8:32 p.m. CT Des Moines superintendent placed on unpaid leave after ICE arrest The Iowa Board of Educational Examiners revoked Superintendent Ian Roberts' license after he was arrested by ICE. Key Points AI-assisted summary Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Andre Roberts did not obtain a doctoral degree from Morgan State University as he has claimed, according to the school. Roberts was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and is being held in detention pending potential deportation. The superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools did not obtain a doctoral degree from a Maryland university, as he has claimed for many years. Ian Roberts, who was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Friday, Sept. 26 and faces deportation, has long stated that he received a doctoral degree from Morgan State University in Baltimore. But a university spokesperson told the Des Moines Register on Monday that Roberts did not obtain a degree from the school, despite attending Morgan State from the fall of 2002 through the spring of 2007. A spokesperson for the school, who did not provide their name, wrote in an email that Roberts pursued a doctorate in urban educational leadership. Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts shakes hands with a student as she crosses the stage at the graduation ceremony for East High School students on Saturday, May 25, 2024, at Drake University's Knapp Center. Provided By Des Moines Public Schools Roberts has claimed several times that he "completed" the doctoral degree program at Morgan State, including in a 2009 self-published book, "Prisoners or Presidents: The Simple Things That Change Everything; When Principals Lead Like Lives Depend on It." Des Moines Public Schools used similar language in a November 2024 article on its website about Roberts' induction into the Coppin State University athletics hall of fame. "Roberts excelled academically and... completed education programs at Coppin, St. John’s, Morgan State, Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business and an MBA at MIT’s Sloan School of Management," the article said. A Coppin State spokesperson confirmed to the Register on Monday that Roberts graduated from the Baltimore school in 1998. According to an article about Roberts on the school's website, he studied criminology. A St. John's University spokesperson confirmed that Roberts received a master's degree in social studies from that school in 2000. Spokespeople for Harvard, Georgetown and MIT did not respond to messages seeking comment on Roberts' academic credentials from those schools. The revelation of the apparently false statement about the Morgan State degree comes days after ICE agents arrested Roberts, a native of Guyana. Agents arrested him after an immigration judge ordered his removal in May 2024, a year after the Des Moines School Board hired Roberts. His educational and athletic credentials made him an inspirational figure atop Iowa's largest school district. District officials have said an outside firm vetted Roberts. They also said they believed Roberts was a U.S. citizen and that he provided immigration paperwork showing he was eligible to work prior to his hiring. At a meeting Monday, Board Chair Jackie Norris said district officials have asked Roberts' lawyers to give them a "comprehensive picture" of his educational and immigration history. "Everybody's piecing together a story of Dr. Roberts’ background," Norris said. At Coppin State, a school spokesperson said Monday that Roberts set a conference track and field record in the 800 meters and became an All-American. He later ran in the 2000 Olympic Games, representing Guyana.