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Oregon Student Association

Advocacy group for college students in Oregon, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Oregon Student Association
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The Oregon Student Association (OSA), a non-profit organization, was established in 1975 to represent, serve and protect the collective interests of students in post-secondary education in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1]

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OSA focuses on issues such as tuition, financial aid, and student rights.[2] OSA also provides a collective voice for students in state government, public universities overseen by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, and other state boards and commissions.

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Operations

The Oregon Student Association currently consists of three governing boards and two programs.

The governing boards are:

  • The Board of Governors - contains student body presidents and their designees.
  • The Oregon Students of Color Coalition (OSCC) - contains two members from each campus representing students of color.
  • The Oregon Students Equal Rights Alliance (OSERA) - contains two members from each campus representing LGBT students.

These three boards meet at the end of each academic term as the General Assembly. The General Assembly is the main decision-making body of the Oregon Student Association. From the GA, a small group of students is elected to be the Executive Committee which is responsible for the day-to-day leadership of OSA.

The two programs are:

  • Council of Legislative Advocates (COLA) - one student from each campus is hired as an intern legislative advocate. These students are the principal lobbyists for OSA.
  • Student Organizer Coalition (SOC) - one student from each campus is hired as an intern campus organizer. These students manage on-campus organizing for OSA.
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Member schools

There are currently five member institutions of the Oregon Student Association. Each of OSA's three boards (The Board of Governors, The Oregon Students of Color Coalition, and the Oregon Student Equal Rights Alliance) consist of two student voting members from each fee-paying member campus:

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Legislative agenda

The OSA supports House Bill 4163 in the 82nd Oregon Legislative Assembly, require the Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission to establish a grant program to expand the scope and community reach of college access and success programs.

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