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United States Student Association
PredecessorNational Student Association and the National Student Lobby
FoundedAugust 1978; 46 years ago (1978-08)
TypeStudent lobbying organization
Location
Area served United States

The United States Student Association (USSA) is an American student government association.

The organization was born in August 1978 during a joint meeting between the National Student Association and the 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.)

By the mid-1980s, the USSA met annually in Washington, D.C., with several hundred students attending.

In the early 1990s, the USSA advocated on behalf of students being eligible for credit cards and beginning to build credit. It also advocated against rising college tuition costs.


See also

References

  1. Johnston, Angus. "A Brief History of NSA and USSA". United States Student Association. Archived from the original on Nov 8, 2023.
  2. Johnston, J. Angus (2009). "The United States National Student Association: Democracy, Activism, and the Idea of the Student, 1947–1978" (PDF). City University of New York.
  3. Gailey, Phil; Weaver Jr., Warren (March 16, 1985). "BRIEFING; The Students Are Coming". The New York Times.
  4. de Witt, Karen (Aug 26, 1991). "Using Credit Cards, Students Learn a Hard Lesson". The New York Times.
  5. Crawford, Philip (Oct 5, 1993). "The Solid-Gold U.S. Diploma". International Herald Tribune – via The New York Times.
  6. "Price of Higher Education Becomes Even Dearer". The New York Times. Associated Press. Sep 28, 1994.

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