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'''Allen Coats Meadors''' (born May 17, 1947) is a professor and university administrator. '''Allen Coats Meadors''' (born May 17, 1947) is an American professor and university administrator.


Meadors has served as Dean of the College of Public Health at the ] and of the College of Health, Social and Public Services at ], CEO at ], Chancellor at the ] and President of the ] (UCA).
== Early life and education ==
Allen Meadors was born in ] and lived there until finishing college. He graduated from Van Buren Senior High School. He attended the ], graduating with a Bachelor in Business Administration in 1969.<ref name="PastPresidents">{{cite web|title=Past Presidents|url=http://uca.edu/president/past-presidents/|website=uca.edu|accessdate=26 November 2016}}</ref> He also has an associate degree in Computer Science from ].<ref name="EMG">{{cite web|title=Enrollment Management Report: Official Website|url=http://www.enrollmentmanagementreport.com/m-meet-us.aspx|website=www.enrollmentmanagementreport.com|accessdate=26 November 2016}}</ref>


In September 2011, Meadors resigned from UCA and subsequently served as Executive Director of the United Arab Emirates Higher Education Coordination Council and President of ].
Meadors then obtained his Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Northern Colorado at Greeley in 1974. During this time in Colorado, Meadors also served as a Captain in the ] of the United States Air Force from 1969 to 1973. In 1975, Meadors obtained a second Master’s degree, this time in Public Administration from the ]. He worked in a number of medical services fields in the Kansas City metropolitan area and began a long career in health and education as an Assistant Director of the Health Services Department for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Topeka, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri.


==Early life and education==
In 1977, Meadors worked to increase health administration education and coordinated degree and graduate programs for Southern Illinois University and Webster University. He went on to receive a master's in human relations (1979) and a master's in health services administration (1980) from Webster University. Meadors earned his Ph.D. in higher education Leadership from Southern Illinois University in 1981.
Allen Meadors was born in ] and attended Van Buren Senior High School, from which he graduated in 1965. He enrolled at the ] before transferring to the University of Central Arkansas,<ref name=Sharp>{{cite news|url=http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2009/jul/19/frontampcenter-allen-coats-meadors-20090719/|title=Front & center: Allen Coats Meadors|first=Elizabeth|last=Sharp|work=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette|date=July 19, 2009|accessdate=November 27, 2016}}</ref> where he graduated with a Bachelor in Business Administration in 1969.<ref name="PastPresidents">{{cite web|title=Past Presidents|url=http://uca.edu/president/past-presidents/|publisher=University of Central Arkansas|accessdate=November 27, 2016}}</ref> After graduating, he returned to the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville to study for an ], but again left after one semester to join the ].<ref name=Sharp/>


Meadors subsequently obtained a Master's in Business Administration from the ] and a Master's in Public Administration from the ]. He also holds Master's Degrees in Psychology and Human Relations and in Health Services Management from ]. Meadors was awarded his PhD in Administration and Education by ] in 1981.<ref name="PastPresidents"/> He also has an Associate's Degree in Computer Science from ],<ref name=UNCP>{{cite news|url=http://www.uncp.edu/news/allen-c-meadors-named-uncps-chancellor|title=Allen C. Meadors is Named UNCP's Chancellor|publisher=]|date=April 10, 1999|accessdate=November 27, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140828104444/https://www.uncp.edu/news/allen-c-meadors-named-uncps-chancellor|archivedate=August 28, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and certificates in Health Services Administration from ] and in Health System Management from ].<ref name=Sharp/>
==Career==
Meadors returned to Arkansas to establish and direct the Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute in 1984. Three years later, he came back to education to chair the Department of Health Administration at the University of Oklahoma. In 1990, Meadors was selected as the first dean of the new College of Health at Eastern Washington University.


==Academic career==
From 1994 to 1999, Allen Meadors worked at ]. He served as CEO, Chancellor and taught classes in health administration.
Meadors was discharged from the US Air Force in September 1973. He subsequently started work for Blue Cross Blue Shield in Topeka, Kansas. In 1976, he was appointed assistant director for public health in Kansas City. He subsequently worked as a health consultant, and as an assistant professor at Southern Illinois University, administering degree programmes on military installations. In 1982, he became associate professor and director of the Division of Health Administration at the ].<ref name=Sharp/> Meadors served as the executive director of the Northwest Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute between 1984 and 1987. In 1987, Meadors was appointed as a professor and chair of the Department of Health Administration at the ]. Between 1989 and 1990, he was dean of the College of Public Health at Oklahoma.<ref name=Gresham>{{cite news|url=http://www.houmatoday.com/news/20030213/nsu-president-candidates-offer-varied-experience|title=NSU president candidates offer varied experience|work=The Houma Courier|first=Matt|last=Gresham|date=February 13, 2003|accessdate=November 27, 2016}}</ref>


Meadors subsequently worked as dean of the College of Health, Social and Public Services at ] between 1990 and 1994, after which he served as chief executive at ] from 1994 to 1999.<ref name=Gresham/> He moved to North Carolina to become the new chancellor at the ] (UNCP) in 1999.<ref name=UNCP/> The university saw an increase from 214 staff and 2,966 students in 1999 to 424 staff and 6,727 students by 2009.{{better source needed|date=September 2019}}<ref name="robesonian"/> In January 2009, in response to criticism that UNCP (which was founded with a mission to train Native American school teachers)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nihrecord.nih.gov/newsletters/2009/06_12_2009/story2.htm|title=Successful Outreach Draws From Cross-Section of NIH|first=Carla|last=Garnett|work=NIH Record|publisher=National Institutes of Health|date=June 12, 2009|accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref> was not doing enough to recruit ] students, Meadors addressed the ] Tribal Council, outlining a number of initiatives targeting Native American recruits. He reported that the number of Native American students at UNCP had risen from 686 in 1999 to 941 in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://robesonian.com/archive/73535/view-full_story-1630693-article-meadors_defend_efforts_to_lure_indians_to_uncp|title=Meadors defend efforts to lure Indians to UNCP|work=The Robesonian|date=January 15, 2009|accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref> In February 2009, Meadors was appointed president of the ].<ref name=Brantley/>
Meadors moved to North Carolina to become the new chancellor at the University of North Carolina-Pembroke in 1999.<ref>Phelps, J., University Communications and Marketing, UNCP News, 1999. </ref>


Between 2012 and 2014, Meadors was executive director of the United Arab Emirates Higher Education Coordination Council. He has also served as the president of ]. He was a senior consultant with the Global Leadership Group.<ref name=EMR>{{cite web|url=http://www.enrollmentmanagementreport.com/meet-us.aspx|title=Meet the Experts|work=Enrollment Management Report|doi=10.1002/(ISSN)1945-6263|accessdate=November 27, 2016}}</ref> He is an advisory board member for Edu Alliance<ref name=AAR>{{cite web|url=http://www.edualliancegroup.com/index.php/advisors/|title=Advisory Council|publisher=Edu Alliance|accessdate=July 28, 2017}}</ref> and was a search consultant with Academic Keys Executive Search<ref name=AKES>{{cite web|url=http://executivesearch.academickeys.com/about_us.php?dothis=our_team|title=Meet our Team|publisher=Academic Keys|accessdate=July 28, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731193920/http://executivesearch.academickeys.com/about_us.php?dothis=our_team|archivedate=July 31, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> before moving on to work as a consultant with Academic Career and Executive Search.<ref name="ACES" >{{cite web |url=https://acesrch.com/our-team |title=Our Team |publisher=Academic Career & Executive Search |accessdate=May 26, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328035910/https://acesrch.com/our-team |archivedate=March 28, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Meadors has served on the board of trustees of the Southeastern Regional Medical Center, a hospital in ].<ref name="robesonian">{{cite news|url=http://robesonian.com/archive/47546/view-full_story-2766978-article-meadors_roundly_applauded|title=Meadors roundly applauded|work=The Robesonian|date=June 20, 2009|accessdate=November 27, 2016}}</ref>
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===Controversy===
In February 2009, Meadors was appointed president of the ] (UCA). In September 2011, it was reported that the university board had bought out Meadors's contract and replaced him with an interim president.<ref name=Brantley>{{cite news|url=http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2011/09/02/uca-board-schedules-special-meeting|title=UCA Board buying out Meadors' contract for $525,000|first=Max|last=Brantley|work=Arkansas Times|date=2 September 2011|accessdate=27 November 2016}}</ref> The broad's actions followed a controversy about renovations and expansion of the university president's house. The university campus food service contractor Aramark offered to provide new housing next to the president's house at no cost to the institution. Meadors reportedly did not inform the board that the deal involved granting Aramark a new service contract. This deal was uncovered by a '']'' investigation. According to the Arkansas Times, the "UCA Board decided...to investigate how the misinformation on the Aramark money came about, with a promise of taking sworn testimony. The prospect of that proceeding apparently led to the swift decision by Meadors that it was time to go".<ref name=Brantley/> In January 2013, Meadors pleaded guilty to violating the ] during his time as the UCA president, after he was charged with destroying a document relating to the Aramark case.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ucaecho.net/news/meadors-pleads-guilty-to-violating-information-act/|title=Meadors pleads guilty to violating Freedom of Information Act|first=Marisa|last=Ketchum|work=The Echo|date=23 January 2013|accessdate=27 November 2016}}</ref>
In September 2011, it was reported that the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) board had bought out Meadors's contract, accepted his resignation in return, and replaced him with an interim president, Tom Courtway.<ref name=Brantley>{{cite news|url=http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2011/09/02/uca-board-schedules-special-meeting|title=UCA Board buying out Meadors' contract for $525,000|first=Max|last=Brantley|work=Arkansas Times|date=September 2, 2011|accessdate=November 27, 2016}}</ref> The board's actions followed a controversy about renovations and expansion of the university president's house. The university campus food service contractor ] had offered to contribute $700,000 to the cost of the renovation.<ref name=Brantley2>{{cite news|url=http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2011/09/01/uca-board-meets-on-aramark-payment|title=UCA president rejects Aramark money UPDATE III |first=Max|last=Brantley|work=Arkansas Times|date=September 1, 2011|accessdate=November 27, 2016}}</ref> Meadors and board chair Scott Roussel reportedly did not inform the board that the deal involved granting Aramark a new service contract.<ref name=Brantley/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2012/aug/30/meadors-charged-uca-food-vendor-case-20120830/|title=Meadors charged in UCA food-vendor case|first=Debra|last=Hale-Shelton|work=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette|date=August 30, 2012|accessdate=December 31, 2016}}</ref><ref name=Sims>{{cite news|url=http://thecabin.net/news/local/2012-08-30/former-uca-president-charged|title=Former UCA president charged|first=Scarlet|last=Sims|work=Log Cabin Democrat|date=August 30, 2012|accessdate=December 31, 2016}}</ref> In January 2013, while working in the United Arab Emirates, Meadors pleaded guilty to violating the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act during his time as the UCA president, after he was "accused of urging a vice president to destroy a letter that said the offer would be in exchange for renewing Aramark's contract".<ref>{{cite news|title=Former UCA president faces tampering charge|url=http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2012/aug/29/former-uca-president-faces-tampering-charge/|publisher=Arkansas Online|accessdate=December 2, 2016|work=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette|date=August 29, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ex-UCA president pleads guilty to misdemeanor|url=http://www.couriernews.com/view/full_story/21407915/article--Ex-UCA-president-pleads-guilty-to-misdemeanor-?instance=search_results|accessdate=December 2, 2016|work=The Courier|agency=Associated Press|date=January 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202235631/http://www.couriernews.com/view/full_story/21407915/article--Ex-UCA-president-pleads-guilty-to-misdemeanor-?instance=search_results|archive-date=December 2, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Meadors had originally been charged with tampering with a public document, but reached a negotiated plea bargain for the Arkansas FOIA violation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ucaecho.net/news/meadors-pleads-guilty-to-violating-information-act/|title=Meadors pleads guilty to violating Freedom of Information Act|first=Marisa|last=Ketchum|work=The Echo|date=January 23, 2013|accessdate=November 27, 2016}}</ref> Roussel also resigned in May 2012, but was not charged with any offense.<ref name=Sims/>


==Honors and awards==
Meadors has been a member of the faculty at the ], ] and the ]. Prior positions held include Dean of Health, Social and Public Services, Eastern Washington University; Dean of Public Health, University of Oklahoma; Chair of Department of Health Administration, University of Oklahoma; Executive Director of the Northwest Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute.
Meadors has received awards including an outstanding professional service award from the University of Texas and the Ben Lane Award for outstanding contributions to student affairs at Penn State.<ref name=UNCP/> He was a senior fellow of the ] in 2011–12.<ref name=EMR/> UNCP has established endowed chairs, the Allen C. Meadors Distinguished Professorship in Mathematics<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.uncp.edu/news/mathematics-educator-uncp-readies-search-allen-c-meadors-distinguished-professor|title=Mathematics Educator: UNCP readies search for Allen C. Meadors Distinguished Professor|publisher=University of North Carolina at Pembroke|date=December 15, 2009|accessdate=November 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128134043/http://www.uncp.edu/news/mathematics-educator-uncp-readies-search-allen-c-meadors-distinguished-professor|archive-date=November 28, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Allen C. Meadors Endowed Chair in Computer Science, in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uncp.edu/sites/default/files/2017-12/Allen_Meadors_Endowed_Chair.pdf |title=Allen C. Meadors Endowed Chair in Computer Science |date=December 2017 |publisher=] |accessdate=May 26, 2019}}</ref>

Meadors was inducted into the UNCP Athletic Hall of Fame in 2022.<ref>{{Cite news|title=UNCP Athletics Announces 43rd Hall Of Fame Class |url=https://uncpbraves.com/news/2022/7/17/general-uncp-athletics-announces-43rd-hall-of-fame-class.aspx|date=July 17, 2022|access-date=September 19, 2022|publisher=UNCP Athletics}}</ref> He is also included in the Van Buren School District Hall of Honor.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Hall of Honor|publisher=Van Buren School District|url=https://www.vbsd.us/district/hall-of-honor|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref>


==Personal life== ==Personal life==
Meadors lives in Seven Lakes, North Carolina with his wife. They have two sons. Meadors and his wife Barbara have two sons.<ref name=UNCP/>


== References == ==References==
{{Reflist}} {{Reflist}}


== Resources == ==Further reading==
* {{cite news|last1=Hale-Shelton|first1=Debra|title=For UCA president house, 3 proposals|url=http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2011/aug/05/uca-president-house-3-proposals-20110805/|accessdate=4 December 2016|work=www.arkansasonline.com}}
*Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Brand, Enrollment Management Repot, Practical Guidance in Recruitment, Admissions, Retention and Financial Aid, Allen C, Meadors, Senior Consultant, The Global Leadership Group, http://www.enrollmentmanagementreport.com/m-meet-us.aspx
*Loop, Frontiers, Public Health Education and Promotion, Allen C. Meadors, http://loop.frontiersin.org/people/182749/editorial
* UNCP names Chancellor ( http://web.archive.org/web/20131805125700/http://www.uncp.edu/news/1999/meadors.htm )
* Arkansas Business( http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/39255/new-uca-president-allen-meadors-called-a-uniter?page=all )
* Meadors to Retire www.uncp.edu/news/chancellor-allen-c-meadors-retire-uncp
* New leader (http://www.arkansasleader.com/2009/06/editorial-uca-gets-new-start.html )
* Decision (http://matchbin-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/public/sites/483/assets/6.13_I2CH.pdf )
* First Priority (http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/39440/financially-healthy-uca-is-first-priority-new-president-says?page=all )
* Goals for UCA (http://thecabin.net/news/local/2009-07-30/meadors-discusses-goals-school-meeting )
* http://uca.edu/president/past-presidents/
* Endowed Chair https://chroniclevitae.com/jobs/0000858371-01
* http://robesonian.com/archive/47546/view-full_story-2766978-article-meadors_roundly_applauded
* http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2009/jun/22/editorials-new-uca-20090622/
* http://robesonian.com/archive/49894/view-full_story-1631010-article-numbers_on_meadors_side

==External links==
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American professor and university administrator
Allen Meadors
BornAllen Coats Meadors
(1947-05-17) May 17, 1947 (age 77)
Van Buren, Arkansas
NationalityAmerican
EducationVan Buren Senior High School
Alma materUniversity of Central Arkansas
Known forChancellor of the University of North Carolina-Pembroke
SpouseBarbara
Children2
AwardsOutstanding professional service award from the University of Texas
Scientific career
FieldsBusiness administration
InstitutionsUniversity of Oklahoma

Allen Coats Meadors (born May 17, 1947) is an American professor and university administrator.

Meadors has served as Dean of the College of Public Health at the University of Oklahoma and of the College of Health, Social and Public Services at Eastern Washington University, CEO at Penn State Altoona, Chancellor at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and President of the University of Central Arkansas (UCA).

In September 2011, Meadors resigned from UCA and subsequently served as Executive Director of the United Arab Emirates Higher Education Coordination Council and President of St. John International University.

Early life and education

Allen Meadors was born in Van Buren, Arkansas and attended Van Buren Senior High School, from which he graduated in 1965. He enrolled at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville before transferring to the University of Central Arkansas, where he graduated with a Bachelor in Business Administration in 1969. After graduating, he returned to the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville to study for an MBA, but again left after one semester to join the United States Air Force.

Meadors subsequently obtained a Master's in Business Administration from the University of Northern Colorado and a Master's in Public Administration from the University of Kansas. He also holds Master's Degrees in Psychology and Human Relations and in Health Services Management from Webster University. Meadors was awarded his PhD in Administration and Education by Southern Illinois University in 1981. He also has an Associate's Degree in Computer Science from Saddleback College, and certificates in Health Services Administration from Trinity University and in Health System Management from MIT.

Academic career

Meadors was discharged from the US Air Force in September 1973. He subsequently started work for Blue Cross Blue Shield in Topeka, Kansas. In 1976, he was appointed assistant director for public health in Kansas City. He subsequently worked as a health consultant, and as an assistant professor at Southern Illinois University, administering degree programmes on military installations. In 1982, he became associate professor and director of the Division of Health Administration at the University of Texas. Meadors served as the executive director of the Northwest Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute between 1984 and 1987. In 1987, Meadors was appointed as a professor and chair of the Department of Health Administration at the University of Oklahoma. Between 1989 and 1990, he was dean of the College of Public Health at Oklahoma.

Meadors subsequently worked as dean of the College of Health, Social and Public Services at Eastern Washington University between 1990 and 1994, after which he served as chief executive at Penn State Altoona from 1994 to 1999. He moved to North Carolina to become the new chancellor at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP) in 1999. The university saw an increase from 214 staff and 2,966 students in 1999 to 424 staff and 6,727 students by 2009. In January 2009, in response to criticism that UNCP (which was founded with a mission to train Native American school teachers) was not doing enough to recruit Native American students, Meadors addressed the Lumbee Tribal Council, outlining a number of initiatives targeting Native American recruits. He reported that the number of Native American students at UNCP had risen from 686 in 1999 to 941 in 2009. In February 2009, Meadors was appointed president of the University of Central Arkansas.

Between 2012 and 2014, Meadors was executive director of the United Arab Emirates Higher Education Coordination Council. He has also served as the president of St. John International University. He was a senior consultant with the Global Leadership Group. He is an advisory board member for Edu Alliance and was a search consultant with Academic Keys Executive Search before moving on to work as a consultant with Academic Career and Executive Search. Meadors has served on the board of trustees of the Southeastern Regional Medical Center, a hospital in Lumberton, North Carolina.

Controversy

In September 2011, it was reported that the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) board had bought out Meadors's contract, accepted his resignation in return, and replaced him with an interim president, Tom Courtway. The board's actions followed a controversy about renovations and expansion of the university president's house. The university campus food service contractor Aramark had offered to contribute $700,000 to the cost of the renovation. Meadors and board chair Scott Roussel reportedly did not inform the board that the deal involved granting Aramark a new service contract. In January 2013, while working in the United Arab Emirates, Meadors pleaded guilty to violating the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act during his time as the UCA president, after he was "accused of urging a vice president to destroy a letter that said the offer would be in exchange for renewing Aramark's contract". Meadors had originally been charged with tampering with a public document, but reached a negotiated plea bargain for the Arkansas FOIA violation. Roussel also resigned in May 2012, but was not charged with any offense.

Honors and awards

Meadors has received awards including an outstanding professional service award from the University of Texas and the Ben Lane Award for outstanding contributions to student affairs at Penn State. He was a senior fellow of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities in 2011–12. UNCP has established endowed chairs, the Allen C. Meadors Distinguished Professorship in Mathematics and the Allen C. Meadors Endowed Chair in Computer Science, in his honor.

Meadors was inducted into the UNCP Athletic Hall of Fame in 2022. He is also included in the Van Buren School District Hall of Honor.

Personal life

Meadors and his wife Barbara have two sons.

References

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  4. ^ Gresham, Matt (February 13, 2003). "NSU president candidates offer varied experience". The Houma Courier. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
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  7. "Meadors defend efforts to lure Indians to UNCP". The Robesonian. January 15, 2009. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
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