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Hi, there
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# m* E& Z5 Q* X: _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. 9 S; @; j% x+ B# [4 a0 ]% ~
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Dear International Undergraduate Students,* q3 g* t7 A3 B/ h& u4 O6 ]% s/ H
7 h* H* j- \3 }# r# BYesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties |( n: H! g7 Q7 s/ W! E
Council met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad ' o0 g5 u0 L4 w6 T
news to report from that meeting.+ S5 E* r$ z1 Z9 Q4 R
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First, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current
; A: y6 ?7 v& g5 j( R* B9 V3 Hundergraduate international students from the increase to the 3 E7 w7 b2 H1 H2 l% B$ ~
differential fee. This means that next year, all current international & `* Y9 Q5 n/ i! d! N# e
students will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base 6 ` X7 f0 p* T
tuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%). 4 W! A, e! T, x: W0 w: H \& n7 ^- G7 U
Also, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase
; p O @+ q, W* h9 h) Sthe differential for international graduate students.
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8 b5 Y* ? y7 ANow, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an
6 J0 E/ P: e |$ Xincrease in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to
- B5 t( R6 n; C. B7 V; I7 M220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students
& E- O( [) V8 O" `' O6 Lwill pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At 0 ?( E' ^' \1 d; \: d: X
least, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in & x1 s* ^5 ]; W- v9 N+ c; g( H
tuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected 5 o; s7 G$ u& E
increases once they are here.
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The Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the
4 {* N! G! I# q& F2 B8 @5 s- Kinternational differential as well as the base tuition increase. I
' l. t. v% C) Swould like to say thank you to all of the international students that - ^; E: j4 A, p4 [
have sent me emails, come out to consultations, and opposed this
# k6 ^# D/ |, ]; Pincrease. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your
' o/ d2 A" S: `, w! @9 Mhelp. Thank you.
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Sincerely,
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" m @2 T4 o+ C/ zJordan Blatz+ H2 x0 z1 Q; n# g# x
President1 q6 w" ]; u1 @5 I- n1 H) ?
University of Alberta Students' Union |
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