Following the closure of the central office of Diversity and Inclusion on Nov. 1, UMKC faces a new deadline to comply with anti-DEI legislation demanding the removal of all diversity and inclusion programs.   As of Feb. 18, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe stated that all state...

  Chancellor Mauli Agrawal announced the closure of the central office of Diversity and Inclusion on Friday Oct. 25, as UMKC plans to move to a decentralized campus inclusion structure beginning Nov. 1.   “UMKC has had a largely successful decentralized model for years,”...