Empowered Youth Across the Country Declare their Undocumented Status and their Worth to America
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Welcome to USSA!
The United States Student Association, the country’s oldest and largest student-led organization, represents over 4.5 million students at over 400 campuses across the nation. We work to develop current and future leaders and amplify the student voice at the local, state, and national levels by mobilizing grassroots power to win concrete victories on student issues.
Will You Be Counted in this Decade? - March 9, 2010
There aren't many subjects that seem as boring as the U.S. Census. Every ten years the federal government has to count everyone, so what? Why is it so important?
Click on the image below to watch the new USSA studentsCOUNT! video and find out why filling out the Census is one of the most important things you can do this decade:
Student March 4 Education Across the Nation - March 5, 2010
On March 4,
students from coast-to-coast, on campuses large and small, engaged in
massive protests and rallies to promote college access and
affordability. This grassroots movement, known as ‘March 4 Education,’
swept across the country in response to the historic crisis in public
higher education as a result of crippling budget cuts and skyrocketing
tuition and fee hikes.
Student Aid Reform Rests in YOUR Hands! - March 3, 2010
The
student voice is needed now more than ever. Sallie Mae, the nation's
largest private lender and staunch opponent to student aid reform, is
pushing its "alternative" to the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility
Act (SAFRA) in the Senate. And Senators are listening. Stand up for the student voice by sending a letter in support of SAFRA to your senators!
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College Affordability Strengthens the Middle Class, says Biden - February 26, 2010
Today,
Vice President Joe Biden released the Annual Report of the White House
Task Force on the Middle Class, the findings of a committee that has
spent the past year researching ways to improve the living conditions
of working and middle class families. Among the most effective ways to
help American families secure economic stability is increasing college
access and affordability, the Task Force found.
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