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. U/ D7 k" i. S5 }) zGood 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.
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Dear International Undergraduate Students,
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Yesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties + O" x0 }) R! t+ b2 F
Council met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad 1 { Q% r; s4 [9 W, s) D' s
news to report from that meeting.
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First, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current - Z* d, {. }+ T! j2 R) t
undergraduate international students from the increase to the 1 Q4 U) F5 D# F. ?1 g% p' Z
differential fee. This means that next year, all current international % y2 s; L! S0 F6 P1 t- I: X# t" A
students will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base , L$ V* X2 X" G2 Y" I
tuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%). 7 k# B" a4 t' W2 ?0 ~: r% E
Also, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase
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Now, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an
+ C% g1 s. b) V9 J+ Gincrease in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to * W3 H" R K* p5 |" B' p
220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students
1 a H+ e+ F8 K" n, a9 B* c$ Mwill pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At , S: U; v7 R# H9 Q2 J% K; k4 ]
least, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in 4 W) O& n% p0 V! b5 G# ]
tuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected
$ q \1 ?' N6 x( _3 a2 ], G0 Fincreases once they are here.! l1 |9 k/ q7 S1 h2 _
! e$ `9 [4 l4 _' C g1 HThe Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the 6 ?# w$ L% G3 T3 m. D
international differential as well as the base tuition increase. I
( l( A$ i& b* }1 D4 l0 m* |would like to say thank you to all of the international students that
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increase. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your
; J' W$ t4 W$ Y$ z5 ]$ r+ n2 V% Ahelp. Thank you.
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" u1 ~4 \; r7 |4 ]+ S* L' zSincerely,
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6 B, V. j2 Q7 A2 [Jordan Blatz
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University of Alberta Students' Union |
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