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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.
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Dear International Undergraduate Students,
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9 l" ~( j. Y9 f6 S2 o) m$ I+ OYesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties $ x/ [6 ?9 W: a. D, q6 L
Council met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad
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8 T/ B- X4 n( \8 B0 RFirst, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current * Y) v( O. }6 x+ a! E, ~
undergraduate international students from the increase to the
4 h. \' v2 [. qdifferential fee. This means that next year, all current international $ ?, ^$ y+ ?2 B; F( Q; u$ P m
students will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base 3 a- m: U1 c0 `. e6 Z
tuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%). 6 J2 C. l. h2 I6 c% c: V1 `
Also, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase 9 [2 C; P7 Y3 D# b* M a2 J
the differential for international graduate students.
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Now, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an
5 t7 L# ?0 I* G. w* A& ]1 h9 L6 {increase in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to . W/ u- t$ H" d2 n5 S$ ]
220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students F7 C0 U! x! f; {4 C9 z8 i
will pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At 9 E* ~ V% R4 Z
least, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in 2 U6 H. T! K0 d, X3 E/ J; j4 ]
tuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected " K+ C4 ]( Q' D
increases once they are here.. [" Q# q$ \% ^+ F6 v, y1 I" o
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The Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the - ?) i5 e4 L8 m$ @
international differential as well as the base tuition increase. I
" k3 L, N3 E& i4 X- |9 ] pwould like to say thank you to all of the international students that
+ {4 D- j- B8 ~# Lhave sent me emails, come out to consultations, and opposed this
v6 t4 a! D$ f7 D! i2 ?increase. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your
. N7 n) ~1 a3 F6 \# ` ?5 m& h+ mhelp. Thank you.# I" v0 ^; L* t8 _0 }: D" S2 _* o
" U. \, l5 i' l1 n% |: dSincerely,/ x2 Z) u0 E1 `. {/ g2 X+ z
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Jordan Blatz8 G# x# F U& R
President2 i, ~7 G3 z) z* p8 J! f
University of Alberta Students' Union |
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