Threats to research and grant funding from federal and state governments for public universities have raised UMKC students fears that there may be a tuition increase in the near future.   Race, Ethnic and Gender Studies department chair and professor Kristen Barber...

  The UM System enacted a new model for tuition pricing this semester where students will be charged a single rate based on their major. Unlike the old system, where prices would differ depending on the subject being studied, the new one contains a set price for every class.   Previously,...

For the first time ever, those who partake in cannabis in Missouri had the chance to attend one of the first 4/20 festivals in Kansas City. UMKC expects to be much more transparent with their breakdown of tuition starting in the fall, Grace Kertz gives us the details. We...

  Beginning in the fall, students can expect full transparency when evaluating the cost to attend UMKC on a semester-to-semester basis, thanks to the new simplified tuition model.    The transition comes following a change in Missouri law signed by Gov. Mike Parson in...

“If I’m being honest, I started crying telling them. I was so excited, but I was also really confused. How did I get a scholarship that basically covers everything?”    These were junior Madison Atkins’s thoughts as she told her family she received the Roo...