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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.
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Dear International Undergraduate Students,
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# K. P8 ]% O1 wYesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties
' `& C+ y7 @! q+ D) BCouncil met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad 1 z. d/ v; I: J: t9 q
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First, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current / w& P, `! n' U# X. B
undergraduate international students from the increase to the + M0 W: z9 ^4 u0 @7 B$ }
differential fee. This means that next year, all current international 3 e# {( a6 V# {1 r. L: _
students will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base
- ^' {( A3 F9 ?7 I9 B0 Etuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%). 5 r, r9 u; C0 |! V
Also, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase 6 z9 @7 }5 h7 w& {: t1 G7 S: L
the differential for international graduate students.( b/ n( I! S8 t9 q8 p$ X
8 A" O) P+ S& Z% o, q! oNow, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an
( u# e0 j+ A( h2 ?4 Sincrease in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to 3 v& P: Q, h$ N2 D U' D
220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students
: s, D: R$ I* T7 V- D, u0 gwill pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At ' J7 F* ?8 B5 O! z! s2 {
least, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in " g! u" [2 e! d2 Q+ a& c! ?9 T2 d
tuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected
; f+ Z" O* d9 o. F* xincreases once they are here.
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+ i1 y" t# y8 h1 N! uThe Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the ! I6 e- _6 ~6 i/ S, l8 O
international differential as well as the base tuition increase. I 4 |2 H* x* |2 [) K
would like to say thank you to all of the international students that 5 I0 f8 Q# g' h4 l V8 P' o( _& x
have sent me emails, come out to consultations, and opposed this * m- F# n0 w o
increase. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your " ?6 i7 ]1 A& [' D. S
help. Thank you.. k" p [5 A6 t/ P
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Sincerely,
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Jordan Blatz$ \2 j; ^. g3 A, X0 D
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University of Alberta Students' Union |
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