International tuition. Let's get it on.

Li2

Hi, there

1 R" b$ i, {9 r0 AGood news. U of A plan to stop increase tuition for students who are recently in U of A. However, they will increase tuition the current students who will go to U of A next year. Sounds fair. I deeply agree.

( x* p. B, d, O4 P" R5 ^) y* [Dear International Undergraduate Students,
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5 W3 Q& ^+ ^  _* y% F1 IYesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties
Council met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad
7 c/ z) Y  |; \: T# xnews to report from that meeting.
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$ Q7 ]  F9 u8 A. m& [First, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current
undergraduate international students from the increase to the
& o& Y$ t, L: T  P1 kdifferential fee. This means that next year, all current international
students will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base
4 G. {4 a5 {0 m3 d: etuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%).
Also, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase
6 C. v' |9 H6 j" A) W" R( ]the differential for international graduate students.

Now, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an
increase in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to
/ ]7 L9 ]9 k1 D& l6 y# Q220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students
will pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At
6 Y: r6 s% e: Z; {+ P0 _! Zleast, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in
tuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected
increases once they are here.

. ]& ]7 z: y/ ]' J" W9 }6 x) lThe Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the
8 d/ n% e3 Q' @) M4 X# l0 Sinternational differential as well as the base tuition increase. I
! N& f% t( v& N& |8 m' Uwould like to say thank you to all of the international students that
- `4 P, q$ y8 [/ ehave sent me emails, come out to consultations, and opposed this
) z( r! T9 h0 Iincrease. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your
% V4 Y$ p" N) I( f3 I5 Yhelp. Thank you.
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Sincerely,
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: z( x& l5 C' X7 r2 k1 [% rJordan Blatz
President
6 w7 Y5 `8 {+ P! L/ d) zUniversity of Alberta Students' Union

啦啦啦

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Li2

Thanks,lalala. Stand up!

Everybody should speek up!

newguy

真的不知道说些什么，，，还是涨，唉！

hellolambert

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