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Hi, there
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5 @, ^$ S3 x8 \3 J$ MGood 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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Yesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties A* h" T9 u; k# z% v
Council met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad
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$ S5 ~5 ^- t5 ]First, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current ' L! A% R+ O0 |% E$ @0 l
undergraduate international students from the increase to the , b/ L( S! o5 t* U$ P
differential fee. This means that next year, all current international ; F6 Z5 e- [0 C) |! X
students will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base , Q* j4 E% L j
tuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%).
0 C$ `# }7 w% ?Also, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase
; F0 H% Y1 }( f6 D& ?the differential for international graduate students.
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Now, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an
0 N/ {4 s/ }$ K& L1 t: bincrease in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to * `+ X! W) v2 d" u8 I! S$ k: l
220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students * t7 e# K7 B6 m: D
will pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At
; R& H- d' s; r l) j8 h3 F8 Nleast, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in
/ ^4 M" v) N/ y8 c, {- Q/ Vtuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected
* J8 o! w* v3 Aincreases once they are here.+ H* s& l5 E. s+ J8 t3 U6 m" I. W5 G
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The Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the ( M( T" x. \8 H" m
international differential as well as the base tuition increase. I
8 @8 Z/ m4 O% uwould like to say thank you to all of the international students that
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/ m+ M; n! l) X. {increase. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your / Y4 C, A( B) `8 P, j1 Z+ z
help. Thank you. Z" d, P7 U7 ?% L( g& y1 `
; u* C; K6 r: T- w- QSincerely,( ~* a9 o& N9 d, k# O* j
: P, ^9 O* [ f9 w7 _Jordan Blatz
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University of Alberta Students' Union |
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