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: J' y; S! z% K; j1 x& AGood 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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# T) ]& s5 C" J0 l3 G/ dDear International Undergraduate Students,
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: |- G4 i1 v* j0 C. {& ^$ _! q2 MYesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties
# n, Q, v4 L/ X- n2 D7 dCouncil met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad * F; H. P4 T& u6 i% C
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8 k( f6 J) O) ?8 WFirst, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current
/ i, Z% |5 o. X+ ^undergraduate international students from the increase to the ! T/ m. t* [* Q& X4 m
differential fee. This means that next year, all current international " E8 X: j( {5 `) z+ f. @3 l
students will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base
4 {7 j& H: Z- G$ Gtuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%). $ C, ?% ?: t' h$ }+ O
Also, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase
, F+ T2 e* z) O N5 Uthe differential for international graduate students.
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! R7 q$ a1 r8 W, W* D( h7 Z1 qNow, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an
b D- |' H+ K+ ~4 w4 J8 {- ^. C4 Eincrease in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to $ D( x# W7 c! B# y
220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students
- I% ~# }+ u+ o, X& _8 P% Kwill pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At 8 D ~8 G! U4 {9 ]3 H
least, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in
. M$ H6 H: H7 L. f* F8 w0 Etuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected 0 s( @% B! b5 [
increases once they are here.- R$ l' X) x. N
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The Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the / B" W# R1 Q4 E# V1 U# N
international differential as well as the base tuition increase. I
+ z. t5 m& u( }* mwould like to say thank you to all of the international students that
0 S. l. o% ~' v! lhave sent me emails, come out to consultations, and opposed this ) v9 G" E. K$ a4 n: S9 r
increase. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your
- i* l+ z* T+ a" D% U& W! q. ehelp. Thank you.7 n7 u0 K/ @6 X4 V+ W/ k* ]
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Sincerely,6 R9 x) y3 Q" ^% m; q5 U: ~
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Jordan Blatz/ c9 L+ ^) g; a) v. h4 ?
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