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From my viewpoint as an international student at UVU, I do have a few thoughts I would like to share concerning tuition. It has become a high priority issue for international students to be able to afford the cost of tuition, books, and housing, all while working and studying a the same time. It is almost impossible for international students to pay the school expenses with the money that is earned from a school job. This is due to the fact that there are government regulations on how many hours one can work each week. The argument of weather or not international students should pay equal amount of tuition as residents or pay more than residents is a very debatable question.
ReplyDeleteI personally believe that if international students are allowed to pay resident tuition during the summer semester, then why not have them pay resident tuition all year round? Furthermore, this current high tuition situation creates many issues, such as, poor academic performance and also health issues, such as depression, anxiety, fatigue, etc., because international students need to keep up with such high levels of expectations, to provide for themselves financially for school and living. And this is a recurring cycle with every new semester. There are a few reasons why I believe international tuition should be the same or close to being the same as resident tuition.
First, it will help international students do well in their academic performances and keep their stress level down by decreasing the amount of tuition that needs to be paid.
Second, lowering down the tuition will create a new opportunity for many other international students who are desiring to come gain an education in the U.S. It will be easier to afford it.
As we all know, this will benefit not only the students, but also, it will benefit the institution of this university by giving it a better name and prestige by all those who come here and have a pleasant experience with the education they receive here at UVU. And in so doing, these international students will spread the word worldwide of their satisfactory experience at this particular institution.
I come to the conclusion that international students should pay the same amount of tuition as residents do.
The international students should pay tuition same amount as residents or less than them. However, the residents would probably think that is not fair to them because they pay the tax, but the international students don’t. In my country, the government gives to international student scholarships more than gives to local resident. The government just wanted to encourage more and more international students to study in my country. I think this is the best way to attract people come and study in your country. Take a look at Utah Valley University. There are tons of international students there, and I am one of them. The school does not give much scholarship to international students, but pay more than local residents. Some of international student came to school for couples of semester, then went home, just because they could not afford high tuition and other expenses. They could not get financial aid because they are not residents here; they could not work outside of campus because they are international students. The international students just wanted to get high education and learn something from different culture. I think the school should help international students more, and give them more opportunities. Many of international students can get higher GPA than local residents; however, the local residents can get the scholarships with medium GPA, and the international students cannot get the scholarships with GPA 3.8 or 4.0. All in all, I think the international students should pay less tuition than local residents.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading comments stating that international students should pay less I have changed my view point a bit, but I still agree that international students should not be allowed to pay the ‘discounted’ tuition that residents pay simply because they are not residents. We don’t have out of state and out of nation tuition; you pay the same tuition as someone from a different state would pay. And why is that do you ask, because you do not pay taxes, your parents did not pay taxes and your children will not pay taxes to our state and federal government which subsidizes our education costs. In my opinion, getting out of state cost is still discounted considering that even out of state residents pay federal taxes all their lives. Sorry, I don’t mean to come across as harsh. I completely agree that there is a benefit to having international students and cultural diversity; this is just my opinion of tuition.
ReplyDeleteAs far as better GPA’s and the stress that comes along with paying education costs, I think that applies to all students, not just international students. Even students who get full financial aid and/or scholarships still have to work, still have stresses and still have to maintain a high GPA. There are many scholarships available to international and culturally diverse students that are not available to residents. I always thought it would be easier for an international student to get scholarships because there is less competition for them, maybe I’m wrong.
Also, I disagree with using American tax money to subsidize international student’s tuition instead of residents because you’re paying to educate people who will not directly benefit the home country. By educating American citizens you benefit America. By educating international students you benefit other countries.
Quick example: if a company agrees to pay your tuition for school it is usually understood that you will continue to work for them for a certain length of time after you graduate. They need to gain from the investment. In my opinion, this should be the same for discounted tuition and international students.