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Hi, there
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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. + p- r% H% K) Q' _6 W! {$ j
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Dear International Undergraduate Students,
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`! `+ r# Y7 \4 C6 m3 wYesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties
$ Q3 |6 z( [1 eCouncil met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad 6 W) H6 a3 a8 D4 H9 ^3 k5 Y& Y
news to report from that meeting.' b3 X5 C w! p+ R' K+ G0 f6 r
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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 7 X4 g7 c+ [0 D
students will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base
7 I* h- p v: T% k! F l# Mtuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%). 5 J- ]6 a/ u7 P- z, v( b
Also, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase $ m2 M8 D( V b0 D7 x' W7 H
the differential for international graduate students./ b. z/ T5 F( M9 ^% G7 b% }5 {1 c
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Now, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an
9 {* I. k7 p! t9 r% |) W+ Pincrease in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to
( C3 C4 N& w: K0 D' T220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students 2 m5 ?3 h& d3 }- z( |
will pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At 8 o* d D2 M. D8 m5 n r
least, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in 6 c- I1 b) o" ^9 R% a
tuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected
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The Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the ' V# R; ], ~; |! ~6 f
international differential as well as the base tuition increase. I
4 O1 }9 {9 _& }- U7 j# `% `would like to say thank you to all of the international students that
4 O8 l7 p8 O, c8 f. O4 g/ G5 ehave sent me emails, come out to consultations, and opposed this v5 M6 S% k- o% x
increase. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your
/ R0 g) h) J% z) h; Q5 I) k1 Z/ Chelp. Thank you.
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Sincerely,8 {( y, V1 S" t w1 r; |* x
; Y0 ` a. I$ BJordan Blatz9 `# A6 n5 l; E* v
President$ H: k& ^$ o m0 A' e. ^
University of Alberta Students' Union |
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