About 25 employees at the all-women's college were affected. After the reductions, Meredith has approximately 500 employees. None of the college's roughly 150 full-time faculty members were laid off.

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Meredith College laid off 6% of its workforce to balance the 2025–26 budget. Cost-cutting affected 25 employees across departments; no faculty were let go.

Full tuition and fees for the 2024-25 academic year amounted to $45,630. The most recent Meredith Day fundraiser, in 2025, netted the college $1,634,211 from 2,706 donors.

Jo Allen, president of Meredith College in Raleigh, will retire by end of 2023-24 academic year. She is the first alumna to serve in role.

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Meredith College is renaming Joyner Hall on campus after acknowledging the building is named for “an advocate for white supremacy and unequal funding for schools based on race.” James Yadkin ...

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