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" S+ R# j# f1 W/ G$ W7 q/ yGood 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,0 Q5 @0 y5 N: W& g" w1 \ G) h4 j
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Yesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties
, d; Z9 I8 z I) ICouncil met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad
7 l6 n& {3 J8 I- M+ A- ~* anews to report from that meeting.
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First, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current N- y8 _& f/ s
undergraduate international students from the increase to the ; f2 }+ k* Z; E/ O( _
differential fee. This means that next year, all current international 9 _7 R6 u' g+ ?1 ^0 N3 h$ F" {1 h
students will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base
3 c# m! Y8 v2 x9 j. ]( |& F3 qtuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%). % w" S. C2 D; Z
Also, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase
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Now, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an
$ l; R' m% t8 H( u6 Fincrease in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to
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will pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At 4 \# N* `. p( B6 c, |
least, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in 2 J3 H- }; h* }8 V, ^2 Q7 Z t
tuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected
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% O: K, P' U8 aThe Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the : H, L. z6 D: j7 K9 k
international differential as well as the base tuition increase. I 9 I2 [% i4 V, W1 T3 r7 t1 ]" R: O
would like to say thank you to all of the international students that 9 W% r" e) f$ ]# F! _
have sent me emails, come out to consultations, and opposed this ( p: X1 d, Z$ t2 e$ ^5 b2 H P
increase. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your
+ X5 D% @# @% p& Y, ?" Whelp. Thank you." O, @& a5 C. D2 h+ ~
* O0 t2 v( `# N! m5 k& YSincerely,, K e9 d0 {& G5 Y
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Jordan Blatz$ v; f, Z. k p6 x) j8 Y
President; G9 s3 B; y) i6 Y; F( Q
University of Alberta Students' Union |
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