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6 r* \! y' y# y: a# c0 q) T- W! ]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. / z$ y. Q! N) Y. Q6 A- e
1 t, s0 b, C: \* A% WDear International Undergraduate Students,3 B0 }2 T2 l% l( r* s# x' b/ c2 U
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Yesterday, the Academic Planning Committee of the General Faculties
/ K9 M* w' ~# \' NCouncil met to discuss the tuition proposals. I have both good and bad
) h2 L' V. [2 D4 B6 O/ cnews to report from that meeting.# i! ]# |+ u8 W/ f* N$ L4 P
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First, the good news. The committee decided to grandfather all current
# |; \: d& S3 d9 F2 V' y0 Oundergraduate international students from the increase to the ! T! [; f( u- T3 a0 |$ D
differential fee. This means that next year, all current international
8 ?# {' z3 ~" f! K" Z" Cstudents will pay the same tuition as this year, plus whatever base 8 T1 Q' a$ \8 _; B+ w) T
tuition increase that all students face (the proposal calls for 5.75%). " l5 }/ L H I! @7 h
Also, the administration decided to withdraw their motion to increase
& m- B' i8 B8 {3 r0 T \the differential for international graduate students.
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Now, the bad news. The motion that the committee approved called for an 7 N0 V* Q, f# Z4 f+ o$ F/ Q
increase in the international undergraduate differential from 157% to
0 D4 ^& V7 \7 }; u6 I# ?220%. This will mean that all new international undergraduate students
9 X2 ]: l) ?" H9 I* Jwill pay $15,353.89 (assuming that the 5.75% increase happens). At
% r4 o% R. E. { G% c8 x7 sleast, all new students will know what the U of A is charging in
6 _2 J5 k; o' p4 O1 F6 V8 Stuition before they come and they will not face any large unexpected 7 C: t! n S3 v; Q0 s: s8 p1 W0 C' f0 ]" ~
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The Students' Union will continue to oppose both the increase in the
9 h- _; ^$ ^$ D' m; \# r) xinternational differential as well as the base tuition increase. I % n8 H# i; e. R$ V
would like to say thank you to all of the international students that
% [5 y1 T. E8 A4 dhave sent me emails, come out to consultations, and opposed this 6 D) i6 ]* K0 {
increase. I couldn't have got the increase grandfathered without your
6 B/ l. ~0 Q+ O1 c X5 _( Q- D3 ~help. Thank you.
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. T; m8 C5 h8 z( F. tSincerely,
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3 d6 r0 z. ~! B& VJordan Blatz( {- t, q4 t) J0 \- S
President
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