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Hi, there
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Good 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. & ?( L( g3 J2 S
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Dear International Undergraduate Students,
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`! t0 j3 d; c0 G" IYesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties
5 \; s" P( c% p' C2 l; hCouncil met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad
2 }0 M s% R! znews to report from that meeting.
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c' I1 p" e- {) z( ~6 P# P9 z: F: }) y6 BFirst, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current 6 y( F8 v; O/ c5 f5 x
undergraduate international students from the increase to the 3 {9 q1 V- T# x
differential fee. This means that next year, all current international - E8 O$ _. l* o1 P
students will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base
% b; t: S, j2 y# B6 Z& Ftuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%).
( ~) U; n) q* d$ F4 j4 T$ }7 |Also, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase
# B4 _" {- ~9 G9 ?& @the differential for international graduate students.4 j- p+ e3 Z# J+ R
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Now, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an W! H0 b2 c P
increase in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to
( J4 d; R6 t( d7 E: V P: V220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students
: ]7 C( x) h, C. m! o; O! Z9 q* Twill pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At ; R" N' s7 n! E5 U
least, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in
9 N+ Y4 F: H* a& ttuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected " w. o4 {0 M1 I; S( {# X+ R* m L
increases once they are here.
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; F4 c6 K. u" U* H( N9 X: B* xThe Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the 7 C# p# }# n; J0 M
international differential as well as the base tuition increase. I - |! a7 D" s& z: p
would like to say thank you to all of the international students that
# E# B: p+ T2 R: A2 x, u% R1 Uhave sent me emails, come out to consultations, and opposed this 4 |; \. T, B& r a9 o) u0 C: C
increase. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your
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Sincerely,+ U( g% q3 s8 w1 }: h& W* A; c
2 U+ ~% I: A7 WJordan Blatz
3 W$ w9 \* x8 cPresident, D* q# D. B8 O9 F% C
University of Alberta Students' Union |
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