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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. # n- F8 X2 B- ?) x7 x- [3 @
6 G0 {: Y! f1 r) E. l4 ]0 a& EDear International Undergraduate Students,, i- h" D$ F4 E& l' D9 k3 P
5 o+ r. M! ^# p- C4 v( ~/ P, `Yesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties
: s6 C- V; a9 z3 h% l; J) t3 n, I; eCouncil met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad
& ?6 n7 C5 y9 [; y! Q& R6 ^( Bnews to report from that meeting.
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5 q$ { S& e; K% x; z: f5 lFirst, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current
+ Q5 P7 @- f( Jundergraduate international students from the increase to the * w" ^2 K8 @( S6 Z3 r% E4 [
differential fee. This means that next year, all current international : E$ n' v- j5 v; l3 B* X
students will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base : g% |3 O! E7 b; b
tuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%). " n8 d2 R& ^: d2 u e4 ]+ h: k( [
Also, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase
" p( M6 g0 |' h- z+ Ythe differential for international graduate students.
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4 p. G6 K) E1 }/ zNow, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an
: S. K% u% }! G; qincrease in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to
7 g, ]6 a' L( f$ r220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students
# c8 B8 C, k( Z0 ?6 Owill pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At
$ u0 ]$ Y P- h/ T' U4 b* O. gleast, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in
, c2 P' u5 `. X0 Z" ?' {! K/ a/ H9 Q3 d8 Stuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected
6 `$ {2 V3 e: K* Hincreases once they are here.
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: z3 A8 g2 T8 ^, J$ MThe Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the / @/ X4 j# i! V& p
international differential as well as the base tuition increase. I ( s& f9 k o0 [7 m
would like to say thank you to all of the international students that % x7 w% g! S9 o$ X$ T
have sent me emails, come out to consultations, and opposed this 5 L9 ?, X0 L, `' ~5 N+ \3 H
increase. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your
; t1 }# W: Z& C2 Shelp. Thank you.
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Sincerely,7 B4 R" ~/ T/ w `! m4 Q
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Jordan Blatz' [- U6 s' S4 O8 G
President
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