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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. ! u) x: y2 N* D7 n
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Dear International Undergraduate Students,# Y: x ^; d3 k* r
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Yesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties
! l3 p8 o5 s* U5 s1 UCouncil met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad
) Y3 c" f9 i. t0 h% a0 g; y, tnews to report from that meeting.) @( m0 X6 z' ]( v
$ R! Q \3 a3 @" W! K& m& PFirst, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current , m* e9 o) {$ ~0 B! \- f
undergraduate international students from the increase to the
0 @5 o0 ]$ |5 W. E3 [" D. Y8 Ndifferential fee. This means that next year, all current international " R! ]" P( ]& N
students will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base & ~- W5 Z: p3 }% j
tuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%). 6 L# c/ o" d6 ?- A( k1 q e
Also, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase
* t5 x# C" s* I$ R2 K5 v N1 x% M- r$ xthe differential for international graduate students.
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+ x4 b# r8 |9 x% s$ YNow, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an : j5 @6 t* Y7 X! P# L
increase in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to
4 ]9 b( G* R1 d# Z9 v1 O220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students % o1 ^, l9 Q' K- v0 D
will pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At
* l; a7 b/ O' W, ~least, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in
7 S, ]3 X5 S: _$ ptuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected
; u" o# g! p$ Bincreases once they are here.
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The Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the 6 U! N* Q# \ W1 c
international differential as well as the base tuition increase. I $ R( x- j, L' U) P; V8 k
would like to say thank you to all of the international students that
9 {2 E' B6 |- Rhave sent me emails, come out to consultations, and opposed this
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help. Thank you.8 p, R* \1 n# I4 N! }. ?; w3 A& j
$ Q) g7 ?9 g/ KSincerely,
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0 x4 n: X: N h! l$ XJordan Blatz/ z. p. p% g' S9 |, e! a
President$ i& j a7 F$ a# D
University of Alberta Students' Union |
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