Richard Catangay-LiewThe University of Alberta Board of Governors is the highest decision-making body at the institution. The next meeting will take place Friday, Dec. 11.
International Tuition Fee Proposal
Presented by: Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Steven Dew and Vice-President Phyllis Clark (Finance and Administration)
Dew and Clark will table a 1.6 per cent increase to international tuition fees, effective Sept. 1, 2016.
The programs affected by the proposed increase are as follows:
With Bill 3, Alberta NDP government announced a two–year freeze on regulated domestic tuition, mandatory non-instructional fees and the previously approved market modifier increases. The Bill offset the Tories’ 1.4 per cent slash to the Campus Alberta Grant in March 2015, as the NDP’s announced a two per cent grant increase for the 2015–16 academic year, worth $6.9 million, covering the previously introduced tuition and market modifier increases.
Instructional tuition fees are provincially regulated, but the regulation does not apply to individuals who are not Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada. Universities did not receive funding in Bill 3 to offset the losses of the international market modifier and tuition increases.
Tuition and fees account for 18 per cent of the of the University of Alberta’s revenue.
2016–17 Residence Rental Rate Proposal
Presented by: Vice-President (Facilities and Operations) Don Hickey
U of A Ancillary Services do not receive base operating funding to build and maintain student residences, so the university will be looking to approve a 1.7 per cent increase to base rent costs in the 2016-17 academic year. The proposal also includes differentiated increases to select residences, ranging from 2.5 per cent to 30 per cent.
The proposed changes would affect the following residences:
