Wallace Boston

Dr. Wallace Boston, Ph.D., is the CEO of American Public Education. He guided APUS through its successful accreditation with the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association in 2006. In addition, he initiated the institution’s application to be the first totally distance learning university to receive Federal Student Aid after the repeal of the 50/50 rule in 2006. In 2007 Dr. Boston led the parent company of APUS, American Public Education, Inc., to an initial public offering, and he led APEI to successful secondary offerings in 2008. Dr. Boston earned an A.B. degree in history from Duke University, an MBA in marketing and accounting from Tulane University’s Freeman School of Business Administration and a Doctorate in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education.