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Hi, there
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1 M; ?. F$ v' G2 dGood 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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( Y: {) V5 D+ T- v- MYesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties
3 B0 t/ A, B7 V8 ?4 I# _Council met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad 7 e7 H1 J: H3 r/ M" f) h( ]4 n3 ?
news to report from that meeting.
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First, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current
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differential fee. This means that next year, all current international 2 y: _8 E/ Y" x! R$ I
students will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base : g4 W" t! C, w) I# h* H
tuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%).
) ^; e4 ]3 g5 cAlso, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase s$ D7 n" T x! u$ g+ Y) Y2 Y' \
the differential for international graduate students.: E9 G7 P& R5 c4 _! { K
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Now, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an 4 \* r6 E; D& N o8 {8 c7 ~( N" M
increase in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to ( L) s! O4 `" @$ ^1 g
220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students
, |$ x' m' I% {- B0 q* Wwill pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At
1 r d: Q! C7 u* S7 o9 tleast, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in
; w; j% D0 h0 S- I \) |2 Y. ztuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected 7 A* M" t) q1 v! a0 S. O
increases once they are here.
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' [% @! _+ d. f9 N" zThe Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the
+ r8 G/ |9 s* M; \; pinternational differential as well as the base tuition increase. I ' B K2 [; H ^0 `
would like to say thank you to all of the international students that ; [* `& y5 C. J- f1 g; N
have sent me emails, come out to consultations, and opposed this 0 E5 U1 X2 G$ r: x2 Y2 x/ a
increase. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your 5 @& J5 U& B$ N# c
help. Thank you.& k: Q7 c/ z: T4 w. L, S# Z
7 O) _& O& D V0 N J" XSincerely,
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Jordan Blatz! {' m% B5 ?4 t( M
President' T( D# |% C2 F" ?
University of Alberta Students' Union |
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