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* [. Z8 S% j$ d( Y4 _: Z. P) ^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. 7 t9 P) x4 s! d: } y
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Dear International Undergraduate Students, f8 e y! W9 [6 s" m
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Yesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties ; Z0 n# g& P; F: T1 \, ~: [! S
Council met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad : F5 A) h8 j! f, ^
news to report from that meeting.& {* x: j! ^8 g& [
1 q ^! d# {2 W$ R" GFirst, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current $ F5 T4 f! V3 x1 U4 a% ]# O! a
undergraduate international students from the increase to the
- `% k0 @. e; X: Tdifferential fee. This means that next year, all current international
1 t' t" I! d& estudents will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base / X8 K# n" C7 W$ T
tuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%).
+ P' t. u! J5 v: g* N; UAlso, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase
u- P2 e8 R. Qthe differential for international graduate students.( Y5 f2 |- W1 z- ]1 G- Y
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Now, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an
( T" B4 s% e9 {increase in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to , E# V+ M2 J& q1 _
220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students
$ A4 d9 G* B- rwill pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At
4 L h. m/ Y9 R0 lleast, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in
9 C2 D* f Q- `% B! A0 ]2 P* \ ituition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected
0 q9 {' L7 B# q p& ?; Kincreases once they are here.3 t( F$ K, G/ z2 e
7 B: B. F1 {0 Q( _. p" R7 ^The Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the
# @3 W. y- C9 v2 E# L" w$ |" Kinternational differential as well as the base tuition increase. I # U5 D5 D: D* ?" C
would like to say thank you to all of the international students that 1 p5 j4 M+ K& |, N1 c
have sent me emails, come out to consultations, and opposed this 3 b: D8 L6 g- x& }2 U
increase. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your
& ^4 v9 t% P3 [& a9 v4 zhelp. Thank you.
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8 ]# [0 W' _- a! C1 QSincerely,0 x+ f3 D7 z0 E% X4 k: A
* N. F2 @- }1 y: g! }) o) m! \7 ^Jordan Blatz6 o" {6 j6 V. ?8 ~9 k! y
President/ W% i8 q7 R8 d
University of Alberta Students' Union |
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