 鲜花( 2)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
Hi, there8 L1 E- c# w' [ P$ m/ L
0 U4 p5 y& _, T5 O3 q
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.
5 M" Y3 L: F4 o7 J/ u X0 i& i6 m. z9 E& u
Dear International Undergraduate Students,
6 ?* }6 s+ X/ [5 C
& Q0 a" G! ^" R( kYesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties
Q. \0 A7 K& \! @Council met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad
; e! {7 ]) Y3 a" w, a/ M$ anews to report from that meeting.
( L% P+ x# P# j) S8 v' [
3 H4 T* d& G$ n1 W+ p/ vFirst, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current
( W+ J- a7 K0 d! i" d/ G6 c7 Jundergraduate international students from the increase to the 6 t; h3 H: H! ?+ A! J: [
differential fee. This means that next year, all current international
6 m% }& M* n% m' b, q# W. \students will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base
8 F: H8 M5 |7 ?tuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%). ! z. V n% W4 V# M
Also, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase
5 Y# }+ S9 W" g$ pthe differential for international graduate students., | F* G5 q5 P$ W! O
: w c7 B* p( f: x% [& xNow, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an ' F) A; j( I! ^( z7 u. [& h8 o
increase in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to ; V u& Q ^3 n, W! d
220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students 4 J$ C6 f9 K9 C3 n: `
will pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At
4 \4 O1 U1 Z1 l [* r! I, ?, xleast, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in
2 V1 H: n; x! j8 M- \* U; utuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected
c' G) L9 W& Jincreases once they are here.
' t0 m; n7 p+ e8 N; p& G ~; X% S0 E. ~$ g: }1 M& J S- E& K4 |
The Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the
, b( J( o# e/ uinternational differential as well as the base tuition increase. I
0 @! o, A4 L# |4 Rwould like to say thank you to all of the international students that
3 b! N! n! E9 u* U) \; N6 z/ zhave sent me emails, come out to consultations, and opposed this 3 ]) Y, R9 |8 n+ g4 }+ D
increase. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your
2 g9 T) _) y: \help. Thank you.. t9 E! v9 F& f* \; J: j$ C
# V4 S! M* h( x! R$ N2 qSincerely,
# T& Y; n w: z$ U
1 Y- ^% d* C0 BJordan Blatz
; g6 u3 f9 g( P5 UPresident
`% p0 a9 s# LUniversity of Alberta Students' Union |
|
狗仔卡
发表于 2004-12-9 19:09
提升卡
置顶卡
沉默卡
喧嚣卡
变色卡
显身卡
楼主
