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8 E- z" [& T& b; B% I3 V2 o* KGood 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.
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* s6 k$ T ]( M6 U; W6 P+ J# BDear International Undergraduate Students,
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Yesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties % y1 }. Z0 H3 L
Council met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad + f- b/ y; a5 O, ^
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First, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current " ~7 F6 _& E" p2 E
undergraduate international students from the increase to the % \+ H3 H/ k: c7 e
differential fee. This means that next year, all current international
6 o' ^ P0 N) _; v5 a. ]5 [1 ^students will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base * f9 W. @" Z4 i3 c1 X' R
tuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%).
( E% ?: j, l9 }Also, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase * k: D$ B- f/ l& Y1 f
the differential for international graduate students.; K0 {0 W% G& o9 G7 }, z
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Now, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an 1 s/ o- ?8 v8 u* l9 G+ r
increase in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to 6 W- j; @$ O2 U' f5 V1 W. F
220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students
N6 q, W4 Q: G; gwill pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At
4 z1 o# }3 |/ b9 c* D9 j- rleast, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in ( f/ V `0 ?* R, }7 X3 [
tuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected ' y; L2 g8 B! |" @7 P+ v. T$ q" D5 D! x
increases once they are here.% e J4 } [, x: l
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The Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the " P/ t9 _* j- n/ I1 F$ s* P( S
international differential as well as the base tuition increase. I 6 J7 \: b( Q& m# V" \7 E
would like to say thank you to all of the international students that / u' h. r. v4 c- U0 x |
have sent me emails, come out to consultations, and opposed this % b4 E0 [% M5 S) e' d
increase. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your " Q/ r: Q+ X, h1 s, r, @ }: C
help. Thank you.
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; c/ f4 L M2 s# @" U" V7 W' _% D cSincerely,& I- p4 p" w+ m0 U7 x
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Jordan Blatz. n9 B: u4 D% N# d/ j: }
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University of Alberta Students' Union |
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