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Hi, there
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* V3 v0 a7 j, P7 ~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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* N+ @1 L, d+ c0 e" ODear International Undergraduate Students,
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1 s6 @7 k0 c0 X" A, v* y1 SYesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties & F1 H$ k; s3 y9 @
Council met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad 8 p3 R4 W2 [9 J( C9 x
news to report from that meeting.
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' O0 N6 x9 Q: @' SFirst, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current 8 g' X& R/ [0 X5 B3 a
undergraduate international students from the increase to the
* y% ~) A2 r6 C( s* Ndifferential fee. This means that next year, all current international 6 `0 G5 J3 q) B2 A
students will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base 7 r* Y4 \2 E# X* ?3 O8 z( Q6 V
tuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%).
( C: F" |1 p) u5 `# K2 g7 T) B( rAlso, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase
0 r" t- v2 S0 I ?the differential for international graduate students.
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+ P0 ^- `% ^" T: W3 fNow, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an
! {7 N, x( J# J' G* _: Q$ P0 w% Vincrease in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to
* C+ g1 e/ `8 A3 a220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students
2 C% m" F% C2 w* N6 z$ ywill pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At , A c0 d2 o) j1 F c, B9 e
least, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in # a% U" ~" d3 Y4 v( }2 ^" i
tuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected 9 i/ h) U' d6 N& R7 f
increases once they are here.. ], F; n* L8 _* ]' M
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The Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the 5 R: H3 ^% H& {; y7 c
international differential as well as the base tuition increase. I
% v. K7 ^2 ?, q$ q; I$ d/ Vwould like to say thank you to all of the international students that
! |/ |. Q% o9 f8 P8 F9 t5 b) chave sent me emails, come out to consultations, and opposed this
( R6 r# g" k* h! W# M$ ?increase. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your
7 k v' D' b" dhelp. Thank you.) ^0 x- t$ A% F
5 K+ M7 Q! U( K- y3 e4 [Sincerely,+ S9 r; g+ K) B
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Jordan Blatz
4 u- X# w2 M) z/ V4 b3 `President+ q6 `$ j! o* v; f S2 h2 c! _
University of Alberta Students' Union |
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