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Hi, there
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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. , c6 J1 ^" g; B8 [
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Dear International Undergraduate Students,
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Yesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties
( x' r7 F) M$ e7 _7 g* X' S l$ ~8 iCouncil met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad
$ Q: A! B8 c$ [) e' nnews to report from that meeting.3 ~$ y3 _5 x$ B
: e* n! A8 ]. V6 E2 N5 d. GFirst, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current
) o! @, o9 E g9 w' y3 qundergraduate international students from the increase to the 0 @ _2 B1 Q- Z7 U6 b3 t4 E6 [
differential fee. This means that next year, all current international
& i) Q7 v9 C% [% _, pstudents will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base 8 K3 f( ]3 _, f/ D! m
tuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%).
# r' j! C/ }5 q" o0 \Also, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase
, x8 _% r+ ]: d% R2 p' I) J$ }$ Zthe differential for international graduate students.7 e9 e. {) j5 `# E' Q# S; ]
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Now, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an
- w& O3 Y( ?! w9 m+ c8 Pincrease in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to
" w/ [* t9 g7 m4 h5 i& Y220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students
; }8 Q3 R7 v9 e. Zwill pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At
1 P% v, @$ g7 `) {least, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in : f( p* {* t" ^% P
tuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected 2 T: N5 F) z3 [- o- P; y
increases once they are here.% w# f: i9 }+ v' o# N8 G
8 z5 O4 k8 j! c- q- O& ^The Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the # X& g: s7 `7 J5 s0 @# n5 X
international differential as well as the base tuition increase. I
& T) Z( Y8 z1 Y# T% t8 H4 q$ P! _would like to say thank you to all of the international students that 2 e q" ?! N# V9 [/ s5 p9 c) Z0 V
have sent me emails, come out to consultations, and opposed this - d" L$ t8 F5 V. D
increase. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your ) h4 O8 M/ ^& S0 X& z
help. Thank you.# u7 D- S6 X- S6 O
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Sincerely,
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+ s4 h8 y9 {$ y# |Jordan Blatz9 v% M3 e, s% m1 }) [# G
President0 _# }7 g8 U: v! F9 ?+ U4 U
University of Alberta Students' Union |
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