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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. 0 E1 j' \ x, d1 a) [3 K) L, R5 \
# t/ d" H. ]8 ?8 {8 sDear International Undergraduate Students,7 z/ k% W4 d5 m( R' l7 F( l
8 N# o' K' Z& Z6 V$ L3 D* mYesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties
2 j- }/ D" ~4 i% b. X2 _Council met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad 2 T1 }0 v/ C' M/ _* J
news to report from that meeting.; `; y* e( L" M) ?
! M' S% m; | T1 |: [4 a$ ~First, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current
5 w/ S6 h4 Q ?" \7 Mundergraduate international students from the increase to the
* Q9 X7 O1 O* t( E0 Y/ j' A1 Edifferential fee. This means that next year, all current international 3 ^! P. L6 U' I, ~, G
students will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base
( z- A- m' l- K1 e9 C Q3 F+ J& Ituition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%). ' V, E4 g, j4 K4 D
Also, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase
4 y; L5 n0 p' Rthe differential for international graduate students.* R' ]. Y- U% E9 T3 E
$ [( L: L, H) G; j" t, T! ]& CNow, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an . ?1 c9 |3 V0 G+ y5 d; h
increase in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to
+ B$ V) |% N# F2 w! i `220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students
+ n: o* s4 ~, twill pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At / ~2 C9 A9 q5 l! \6 u& Y! H/ Z. x
least, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in . K2 U1 t# \" a
tuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected 9 R' Z0 y N! X, v: b, n7 u1 N
increases once they are here.) t+ l* ^6 }0 Z8 u
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The Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the ! g! Q$ {% q! g
international differential as well as the base tuition increase. I
; y: C1 j; V: L- {) B0 o& U0 Q Swould like to say thank you to all of the international students that $ ~) {) J' Q( v# u1 A, p
have sent me emails, come out to consultations, and opposed this " r% U1 t! C6 r. G5 U8 ^3 D
increase. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your
( ?5 l' S n5 ]help. Thank you.. ]& H* h8 }7 X% P
/ n5 M3 n* [9 cSincerely,
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Jordan Blatz( v4 ~. m* \5 `+ A2 Q
President. l" T. o( r1 V+ w6 z
University of Alberta Students' Union |
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