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The United States Student Association (USSA) was 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.

The USSA collapsed in the late 2010s (although its website was active into 2024). In 2022, there was a plan to revive the USSA with the help of the current in-term president and the USSAF; this revival was supported by the Ontario Student Union.

See also

• Oregon Student Association
• Jobs with Justice
• Student/Farmworker Alliance

References

1. Green, Erica L. (Jan 12, 2018). "Black Colleges Swept Up in For-Profit Crackdown Find Relief From DeVos". The New York Times.
2. "National Officers". United States Student Association. Archived from the original on Apr 8, 2018.
3. Johnston, Angus. "A Brief History of NSA and USSA". United States Student Association. Archived from the original on Nov 8, 2023.
4. 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.
5. Gailey, Phil; Weaver Jr., Warren (March 16, 1985). "BRIEFING; The Students Are Coming". The New York Times.
6. de Witt, Karen (Aug 26, 1991). "Using Credit Cards, Students Learn a Hard Lesson". The New York Times.
7. Crawford, Philip (Oct 5, 1993). "The Solid-Gold U.S. Diploma". International Herald Tribune – via The New York Times.
8. "Price of Higher Education Becomes Even Dearer". The New York Times. Associated Press. Sep 28, 1994.
9. ^ Patrick, Justin (2022). "Student Leadership and Student Government" (PDF). Research in Educational Administration and Leadership. 7 (1): 1–37. doi:10.30828/real.951165 – via DergiPark.

External links

• Official website
• United States Student Association on Twitter

• Student political organizations in the United States
• Student governments in the United States
• Groups of students' unions
• Student organizations established in 1947
• 1947 establishments in the United States
• Education advocacy groups
• Lobbying organizations based in Washington, D.C.
• Student government