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Just days from the end of his third year of university, Justin Gotta has no job prospects as he stares down a second summer with looming student loans and higher tuition in what feels like a never-ending pandemic.
As an economics major at the University of Calgary, Gotta is required to complete a co-op work term before he can graduate by the spring of 2022.
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But after posting dozens of resumes in his field of study, Gotta hasn’t heard back for an interview, and worries he may have to push back his graduation indefinitely.
L Université de l Alberta face à son plus grand défi
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Tuition is set to soar for 12 programs at the University of Alberta
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Publishing date: Apr 13, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 3 minute read • Alberta NDP advanced education critic David Eggen joins students Anita Cardinal-Stewart, left, a second year law student and Andrew Batycki, a third-year environmental engineering student at the U of A on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, to call on the UCP to stop massive tuition hikes, upwards of 104 per cent in some programs. Photo by Greg Southam /Postmedia
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Proposed tuition hikes at the University of Alberta are “extreme,” “disappointing” and “outrageous,” according to student representatives.
The increases would affect 12 undergraduate and graduate programs and range from 17 per cent to 104 per cent for students beginning their programs in the fall of 2022.