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Student groups at Alberta’s two largest universities are calling on the provincial government to introduce regulations on tuition fees paid by international students, writes Mrinali Anchan for CBC News.
Tuition fees for international students at the University of Calgary increased by 10% in May, affecting about 6,000 students. At the University of Alberta, international student tuition will rise by 6% starting in the 2023-24 academic year. The hike is projected to impact about 4,100 new international students enrolling that year and will add about CAD10,000 (US$7,700) to most arts and science degrees.
Statistics Canada reported last fall that, on average, international undergraduate students in Alberta paid about CAD28,000 a year in tuition, compared to CAD6,600 for their Canadian counterparts.
Source: University World News
Tuition fees for international students at the University of Calgary increased by 10% in May, affecting about 6,000 students. At the University of Alberta, international student tuition will rise by 6% starting in the 2023-24 academic year. The hike is projected to impact about 4,100 new international students enrolling that year and will add about CAD10,000 (US$7,700) to most arts and science degrees.
Statistics Canada reported last fall that, on average, international undergraduate students in Alberta paid about CAD28,000 a year in tuition, compared to CAD6,600 for their Canadian counterparts.
Source: University World News
A blow to international appeal
“In addition, the cuts will harm Germany’s international attractiveness and competitiveness as a higher education and research location, and also the appeal of its institutions. And this is coming at a time when Germany, especially, would be called upon to set an example and play a leading role in international higher education and research relations.”
The shock announcement comes just days after the DAAD’s issuing of its policy paper Außenwissenschaftspolitik für eine multipolar Welt (‘Science diplomacy for a multipolar world’), which calls for the development of a science diplomacy based on political realism and focusing on global crises, upheavals and system rivalry.
“Since Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the issues and challenges German science diplomacy has to address have once again increased,” Mukherjee said at the launch of the paper. “We are living in a new ‘world disorder’, and this requires a new effort to develop the German Federal Republic’s international academic relations.
“Today, in our multipolar world, more than ever before, there is a need for a strategically positioned ‘science diplomacy’ which also enables mutual understanding, dialogue and negotiating of conflicts at an academic level in times of growing tension and tough international competition.”
The shock announcement comes just days after the DAAD’s issuing of its policy paper Außenwissenschaftspolitik für eine multipolar Welt (‘Science diplomacy for a multipolar world’), which calls for the development of a science diplomacy based on political realism and focusing on global crises, upheavals and system rivalry.
“Since Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the issues and challenges German science diplomacy has to address have once again increased,” Mukherjee said at the launch of the paper. “We are living in a new ‘world disorder’, and this requires a new effort to develop the German Federal Republic’s international academic relations.
“Today, in our multipolar world, more than ever before, there is a need for a strategically positioned ‘science diplomacy’ which also enables mutual understanding, dialogue and negotiating of conflicts at an academic level in times of growing tension and tough international competition.”