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; `5 C8 j+ ?; z VGood 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. % p( t8 \# b$ j+ a3 z! s
8 y% o1 v# R0 g5 @Dear International Undergraduate Students,
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Yesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties
" ^. m/ |- c. H! Z$ ]Council met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad
$ M2 I0 n4 Z9 R, `news to report from that meeting.. V1 Y8 [0 {' b# l% U# I# L
+ n0 {' O1 U* `4 M% Y/ i& `6 v- G, lFirst, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current - t7 y0 C( x( C4 ?0 J
undergraduate international students from the increase to the 3 ]/ x* x7 [- C3 `5 F. c+ x
differential fee. This means that next year, all current international
! C. D+ p0 h7 P% U; ]5 {students will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base ( _7 u1 v7 q1 @
tuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%). 1 G$ J2 P+ `6 y3 j6 ~3 i
Also, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase 0 q1 Y' @' W" d
the differential for international graduate students." U% b$ b! \2 \: N# s
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Now, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an : A6 _' v; F$ [) Q" I
increase in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to
5 Z2 R/ {& ^/ E5 a220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students
2 l, u# I& g" awill pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At % Z% B: q: p P! D
least, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in 4 N0 W5 s9 t W4 G' T4 d+ Y
tuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected
9 l c w* ?* c2 gincreases once they are here.
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4 x+ g' n I5 }- f, ~3 \- HThe Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the
8 X1 l- g9 W( ~- O Z3 Uinternational differential as well as the base tuition increase. I
, l* w! o/ c$ k5 xwould like to say thank you to all of the international students that
0 j6 @& t4 U! j2 R. yhave sent me emails, come out to consultations, and opposed this
- X* `% X5 l" e; D8 pincrease. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your 0 Z8 A4 `- B# Q( Q1 m g- Z
help. Thank you.
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Sincerely,6 I& ] m/ y# z: i
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Jordan Blatz2 C% I O7 ^+ u- k: n- n' O! r4 ^; e" p: d! o
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University of Alberta Students' Union |
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