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| {{short description|National association of students and student associations in the United States}} | {{short description|National association of students and student associations in the United States}} | ||
| The '''United States Student Association''' ('''USSA''') |
The '''United States Student Association''' ('''USSA''') was an American student government. According to '']'' in 2015, it was the largest of a number of student associations that were arguing for free higher education.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://inthesetimes.com/article/these-students-are-demanding-higher-education-at-lower-costs4 |newspaper=] |accessdate=October 24, 2022 |title=These Students Are Leading a Movement for Free College in the United States |first=Rebecca |last=Nathanson |date=December 15, 2015}}</ref> | ||
| The organization was born in August 1978 during a joint meeting between the ] and more recently formed ]. The membership of both organizations voted overwhelmingly to merge due to overlapping lobbying work and student government based membership. The National Student Lobby itself was originally born of a split with the National Student Association.<ref>https://studentactivism.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/johnston-diss-5-81f.pdf</ref> | The organization was born in August 1978 during a joint meeting between the ] and more recently formed ]. The membership of both organizations voted overwhelmingly to merge due to overlapping lobbying work and student government based membership. The National Student Lobby itself was originally born of a split with the National Student Association.<ref>https://studentactivism.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/johnston-diss-5-81f.pdf</ref> | ||
| The USSA is estimated to have collapsed around 2018 due in part to policies similar to voluntary student unionism in Australia and New Zealand that weakened student governments' ability to reliably collect membership fees.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Patrick |first=Justin |date=2022 |title=Student Leadership and Student Government |url=https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1344509.pdf |journal=Research in Educational Administration and Leadership |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=1-37 |via=DergiPark}}</ref> | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 04:48, 3 February 2024
National association of students and student associations in the United StatesThe United States Student Association (USSA) was an American student government. According to Inside Higher Education in 2015, it was the largest of a number of student associations that were arguing for free higher education.
The organization was born in August 1978 during a joint meeting between the National Student Association and more recently formed National Student Lobby. The membership of both organizations voted overwhelmingly to merge due to overlapping lobbying work and student government based membership. The National Student Lobby itself was originally born of a split with the National Student Association.
The USSA is estimated to have collapsed around 2018 due in part to policies similar to voluntary student unionism in Australia and New Zealand that weakened student governments' ability to reliably collect membership fees.
See also
References
- Nathanson, Rebecca (December 15, 2015). "These Students Are Leading a Movement for Free College in the United States". Inside Higher Education. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
- https://studentactivism.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/johnston-diss-5-81f.pdf
- Patrick, Justin (2022). "Student Leadership and Student Government" (PDF). Research in Educational Administration and Leadership. 7 (1): 1–37 – via DergiPark.