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9 M/ o) O) j5 Q S: R8 FGood 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. / ^+ K7 S( S: ]: `: S) j; f p
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Dear International Undergraduate Students,
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w& h8 M; S- h4 [8 CYesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties 4 ^2 s" R( X3 [1 p) ]
Council met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad
4 R" S( J8 \4 H& s+ M4 J- ?! \news to report from that meeting." }5 ]7 W( L; }7 e
, Z, J# I& ~9 u5 |! U7 N- cFirst, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current
, _6 x; }3 c5 n2 @* Dundergraduate international students from the increase to the 8 f1 |# |) {4 F
differential fee. This means that next year, all current international
! h2 t8 D9 p- Y# u6 w8 Vstudents will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base
) E2 |4 a/ A; G7 R! V- l- o3 |tuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%). - e' t; p& Z/ W6 C0 X
Also, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase
5 n& a) Y% a0 T+ @the differential for international graduate students.
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Now, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an
" F4 a7 u% v5 C3 dincrease in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to
& M2 l) q2 G- m' W# l [220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students
: _/ Q- S- ^. Z$ xwill pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At : G6 S# {2 j3 O
least, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in
2 U! ?, U; t! v" q/ I+ qtuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected
1 r( M6 f4 Z8 H uincreases once they are here., X( B9 t4 ?: R/ ?; P
8 a/ K/ h, |& A) t" ]% r0 WThe Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the
( `1 X) U1 A2 ainternational differential as well as the base tuition increase. I " O2 k) I6 `" F1 [
would like to say thank you to all of the international students that ! R* Q' |# ^! l. s" F
have sent me emails, come out to consultations, and opposed this
' Q% E) X' q* w; {increase. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your 3 P$ _$ q4 o# c% a8 h
help. Thank you.
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Sincerely, r: b0 @; T9 K; x+ |
- G, e9 A1 C' Y% MJordan Blatz1 O% b( a+ h# @; t/ P
President; v! I9 G/ d4 k* [
University of Alberta Students' Union |
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