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Hi, there
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5 V7 P' {- B. `' S0 N- jGood 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. * U' @1 i5 y; l$ L; J: Z- f2 f
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Dear International Undergraduate Students,8 f# b1 k- r2 W& ^1 R1 T
* i0 S& S/ X5 E' a0 E' r# f; T- vYesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties
6 w" e" E. y8 [, M! f2 nCouncil met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad
+ ?4 o, p+ I, { l! E6 N/ Anews to report from that meeting.
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3 R" n2 B9 T, g: e6 P; J U& wFirst, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current " H I5 _9 t' @ @
undergraduate international students from the increase to the . p6 p8 _# q3 ^- X7 j
differential fee. This means that next year, all current international $ v; w' N( X6 i) w4 i- S. {0 L! S
students will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base ' ~. D- ]( [" @% w9 e# m# \" F: s
tuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%).
4 {; O2 R% P- G2 K* K/ c+ uAlso, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase
7 D" k, b# p6 U3 X y0 ethe differential for international graduate students.. w( C8 c0 y9 } P
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Now, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an
& @4 W4 I2 {" v! Kincrease in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to
/ z0 t8 ]1 _% N- B; n% d220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students
/ m" l0 \0 _5 F" e: v( q/ fwill pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At % O1 b) M8 i5 m: o: i
least, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in
- v4 I4 E" t+ a, H. W7 [tuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected
" m6 a- V' A! p( i1 D, f: pincreases once they are here.8 f3 j9 \0 y. [- n# h
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The Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the
2 m' m* E, C9 G6 m( _! H: Cinternational differential as well as the base tuition increase. I
: f1 `# M# h5 }' iwould like to say thank you to all of the international students that
- |0 [3 ?% Q: k% O3 |! ~+ s( R' L. [have sent me emails, come out to consultations, and opposed this
. ` W/ m2 z/ l5 w! S( Z: T% Bincrease. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your 7 M) ~: T t" x* o' N
help. Thank you.5 I2 r$ L8 t+ |4 a
; {' j) ]4 t4 N; S4 \% _2 iSincerely,; Y9 N- g" x. U3 V3 }
& ~3 f5 a: s, i8 @3 RJordan Blatz- g) L S6 {5 L- L) B
President
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