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Hi, there
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0 |6 X( S2 _. A4 {Good 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. % P0 v( C8 v% k
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Dear International Undergraduate Students,
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Yesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties * m% Z9 @4 w' ~; j5 T
Council met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad . u) a# N( g4 c/ M) \. i8 Z, U& x
news to report from that meeting.
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$ G4 O4 X' ] h) HFirst, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current 4 o; q* c& |8 k8 [' `
undergraduate international students from the increase to the ; x7 r& e5 G1 L! `# G& W8 P- u4 M0 v
differential fee. This means that next year, all current international ( y: @: S0 {$ R
students will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base ' N6 r% C8 i. R$ Y
tuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%). ( t4 Y2 P& w' ^4 u: m
Also, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase 7 I$ g8 I; O% O- ^) x
the differential for international graduate students.
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. @; S$ d* P' yNow, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an / E! }% x$ ]3 ?3 y
increase in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to
+ b8 o; ^! H3 v( X: [( r9 ?# z220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students
9 n; k* R$ L' x6 k/ i% l3 Dwill pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At ' i# I9 ?' F. H8 [# p3 |) T% _) F
least, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in , C1 B1 O2 B. d2 _( ^# \) X! ^
tuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected 4 v# ?$ F2 ~9 n, @$ y; R" A0 L" t
increases once they are here.
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The Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the / n8 B3 z2 T1 u7 c! j9 P( i
international differential as well as the base tuition increase. I
$ ?/ H# I/ f9 a( E' mwould like to say thank you to all of the international students that 8 Z1 Q+ u' L0 N
have sent me emails, come out to consultations, and opposed this
$ d) i6 }, e r" @% jincrease. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your - O. X; b. t0 Q6 `. {/ z) S
help. Thank you.3 q# m& S& q/ r; l* Z8 l/ B1 X
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Sincerely,( q- h1 }: G% D7 E- S
/ M! |. h! q ] s8 d! \, x: GJordan Blatz; k" f0 x3 m" c" ?. @! f
President2 a% ]( e7 ?5 r5 P- R) b4 f
University of Alberta Students' Union |
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