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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. 8 ~' `2 } @, [0 R& L7 o
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Dear International Undergraduate Students,# R# R/ v# X. J: f8 b& N& L% x
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Yesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties 4 @0 U2 F! `* |3 u0 T+ Q
Council met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad
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First, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current 3 A# {' }) r6 ^4 ]' K1 K ^/ N
undergraduate international students from the increase to the 4 @+ C5 ~: U. A% w X7 b
differential fee. This means that next year, all current international / Q, ?, Q; Q+ q; I2 B/ I; {- r
students will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base 0 J; D, `8 _+ a* ]
tuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%).
- g# a$ n& s6 M* y7 cAlso, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase
5 a# e5 o T. p. O7 `& Fthe differential for international graduate students.6 b# g- `1 E2 Y5 L. B% [6 d
K* K d1 {" w! j7 Z: qNow, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an 8 l1 x2 a5 y* S1 a& U
increase in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to
2 F. @3 U! K: x& |220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students
) H! f! `; O' y4 Ewill pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At 9 O, D4 J; }* |9 E% K/ z) @' T
least, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in
) ?4 \. e1 ?1 U+ t. Y/ i/ atuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected 8 o/ y r1 N1 U' a9 `4 W! n) D
increases once they are here.
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The Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the ! T! F6 o1 e4 C
international differential as well as the base tuition increase. I
; _) g3 \4 ~: I ~would like to say thank you to all of the international students that
* d$ F5 s% s. Z+ N" G4 Xhave sent me emails, come out to consultations, and opposed this
2 }7 n7 e5 A' a# [$ g# j/ ?increase. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your ) A) A8 l! T% F! K& P" A. q/ c0 K
help. Thank you.
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Sincerely,
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Jordan Blatz' ^. q) k9 j6 H6 G
President% {4 R% A: z3 T: S: f
University of Alberta Students' Union |
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