In an email sent to students, faculty and staff on Mar. 12, Chancellor Mauli Agrawal stated that UMKC will exercise fiscal caution and restraint as the school faces possible budget cuts in the next year.    “The past few years have brought generous state appropriations,...

 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,”...