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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. % N8 d1 L7 g8 N& b0 R- X
; X' [4 Q9 ]* u/ K: M b: k wDear International Undergraduate Students,
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: `3 I. p# h& q0 I0 h; NYesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties
- Q: p: V M1 r" s% [" g/ M# mCouncil met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad i6 c7 T, V: s2 b3 X( H5 z* U
news to report from that meeting.
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First, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current
0 I3 r& W0 z1 v) V: ~( I q* @undergraduate international students from the increase to the
& b" V+ ? f( K3 _) pdifferential fee. This means that next year, all current international 0 |- X# r4 a, [2 |7 O+ F
students will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base 7 A% T# b3 L! A( }: _4 E' B
tuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%). 7 u% D" G7 C- U
Also, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase : Q8 x9 g( \* G
the differential for international graduate students.
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Now, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an ! f8 e; g5 C2 C2 j# e
increase in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to ' X5 b+ N* }! L( P: g, W+ C
220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students 4 a$ I- H8 W4 l& O0 ?
will pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At
1 }( e' c) k* u/ e G2 {8 Jleast, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in 9 y5 [6 m! _5 e$ f- x
tuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected
- h8 ~' Q- `3 c; e+ h1 gincreases once they are here.4 a# d e* P i9 ~1 q3 q7 M3 U
% o' \- V8 B+ u# S/ t- zThe Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the 1 O. x& q* A1 _: B5 p7 L4 w* u$ E
international differential as well as the base tuition increase. I
! n! c! ~+ n4 x3 a+ x" uwould like to say thank you to all of the international students that
- V# J! D6 ~3 F' [& U4 @have sent me emails, come out to consultations, and opposed this
) m" C. q! x# v/ D9 Iincrease. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your . s' M7 @1 l4 {2 ]: M* f' Z2 z# Z, X
help. Thank you.0 B6 M' z5 T& E* A+ M
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Sincerely,
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Jordan Blatz" v) Q" e! R9 ~( U; u2 `% e
President+ L, O5 w9 D6 Q$ Y
University of Alberta Students' Union |
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