American Public University System Selects Dr. Wade Dyke as President

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[{"type":"text","content":"Former President of Kaplan University and CEO of Great Hearts Academies to Lead APUS Forward\nCharles Town, WV, July 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- American Public University System (APUS), a leader in providing affordable, inclusive, quality online higher education to military, veteran and service-minded communities, announced today that it has selected Dr. Wade Dyke as president, effective August 12, 2020.\n General Alfred M. Gray, USMC (Ret), Chairman of the APUS Board of Trustees and the 29th Commandant of the Marine Corps, said that Dr. Dyke is the clear choice to lead the university forward. “We have the strongest confidence in Wade’s ability to lead our organization as we move into a new era of learning innovation and growth,” said General Gray. “Dr. Dyke clearly understands the need to provide academic excellence to our adult learners and to foster student success and recognizes the immense value of our learning platform, including its ability to provide quality affordable higher education at an even greater scale in the future.” Founded in 1991 as American Military University (AMU), APUS is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. The online university has over 82,800 active students with 87% of the student body comprised of working adult learners from diverse backgrounds. More than 98,000 alumni have benefited from APUS’s relevant, flexible curriculum and affordable tuition. “I warmly welcome Wade to serve as APUS President,” said Angela Selden, CEO of American Public Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: APEI). “Wade represents a wonderful combination of an academician, a visionary and an experienced executive, and is well-suited to lead APUS forward. I am confident in Wade’s ability to help accelerate APUS’s technology transformation and advance the organization in fulfillment of its institutional mission. Today’s learners are responding well to APUS’s online educational experience and commitment to maximizing the return on student educational investment.” Dr. Dyke joined Kaplan in 2008 as vice president of higher and professional education and served as president of Kaplan University (now known as Purdue Global University) from 2010 to 2015. While at Kaplan, Dr. Dyke led the academic operations and support services of the school’s online and on-ground enterprise in service to more than 50,000 students. His strategic academic ...

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