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9 d, l% `! q3 i. U( r) i7 I- bGood 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. & B2 n2 R! i2 Y) q
$ T5 _4 q3 j3 E$ `( X- x7 MDear International Undergraduate Students,
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, h& P @: Y3 _* ?- w" JYesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties 5 L1 @; @6 K" h9 H* m
Council met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad
; y4 X2 e0 }9 m! K: Gnews to report from that meeting.
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2 I. h. v6 Q$ @2 ~+ VFirst, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current
, g9 R$ f/ Q. z0 \undergraduate international students from the increase to the
' i3 b7 s- F% m3 xdifferential fee. This means that next year, all current international 0 |9 C$ B F; k N+ f/ c
students will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base ; ?% B" \0 q, z8 e" N
tuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%).
: g" h3 x9 v3 b" o* A5 rAlso, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase 9 `! D" e0 Z4 W! W5 T/ X
the differential for international graduate students. y4 m2 e m8 p8 O: E
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Now, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an
- y! g3 Q" T: }) y: Jincrease in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to
* g6 Z( I9 S. a) l* h% ]; E+ G3 J220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students / t8 i2 }0 n4 N& M
will pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At # K- J) e& R8 y# _( p
least, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in
8 N, O J$ `& o: o6 y. @0 ?6 y, qtuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected
\( M) ]0 C8 {) o' Zincreases once they are here.! A' Y/ w$ S- d: F* c
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The Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the ; w- w8 l7 s6 g/ n
international differential as well as the base tuition increase. I
o! h" m# [: Q" d* U+ e9 R, _* Vwould like to say thank you to all of the international students that ' |; D0 a2 J0 F$ Y" y8 F
have sent me emails, come out to consultations, and opposed this
: Q; U" Z& V5 @increase. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your ! r2 W+ c, V5 v/ l' P
help. Thank you.6 j' l: q* {( z# h
' N6 w- g) i. }Sincerely,. _( h$ q9 G5 l2 ~7 r: x
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Jordan Blatz. \+ U/ w& a+ z3 y: w+ W
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University of Alberta Students' Union |
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