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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. 1 S. `, C* a; N1 d2 r% ? N) B% n
% X/ V" h4 P$ O4 z; b+ L# A: L JDear International Undergraduate Students,% M7 A1 R4 v$ M7 Y7 p, e: o, [
6 X7 N6 f- H) [1 T5 c2 }: IYesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties
) r: [& U Q9 t% ?" l. aCouncil met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad
+ q' I; S8 x5 _9 h2 f. jnews to report from that meeting.
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First, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current $ H- S [& z& a+ n1 `
undergraduate international students from the increase to the
# ]8 w0 A0 P7 v5 Vdifferential fee. This means that next year, all current international ! t- E% P# o% I# ^- j8 i1 V# a
students will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base 8 ?, M. L0 O2 A t* S/ P
tuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%). % b6 n% Z4 l& E' ]1 W
Also, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase
. c* y2 e* a' u' F) e( N8 |the differential for international graduate students.9 w: F1 @6 M; ^4 U& H
, w: q/ z; R; O) A X# m: RNow, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an . V& y7 o% i8 b- Z& q
increase in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to " \! D$ C+ P7 g
220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students ' B% T8 T- m# u6 T* V9 g) E
will pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At
2 R5 G: F8 D4 Kleast, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in
: a; a1 J) ~9 L5 L) V! htuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected , k. G# k. I, f a0 l
increases once they are here.; |9 M! ~0 m* z% @' k, W+ Q
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The Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the
, Q& Y ~9 X8 ~3 i+ S% I1 ~international differential as well as the base tuition increase. I
. q/ t# X$ G$ Q1 B0 l; twould like to say thank you to all of the international students that
7 V! i4 ^4 W' D: }have sent me emails, come out to consultations, and opposed this ! n7 \6 w4 F- T3 ]; p9 I7 |1 y( J
increase. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your 7 ^- O2 K1 c* _8 y. p+ ^) K
help. Thank you.% U9 I: k$ N4 K' w/ N1 q" [5 ~
0 _+ G/ s, q6 {: G0 @ kSincerely,
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Jordan Blatz! {. T0 G1 U3 {5 s
President
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