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In the United States, there have been several student bills of rights drafted by student organizations including the historic National Student Association, the American Association of University Professors, and other non-governmental organizations. As of March 2022, none have been legally institutionalized.
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was formed in April 1960 at a conference at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, attended by 126 student delegates from 58 sit-in centers in 12 states, from 19 northern colleges, and from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR), the National ...
S. Science Theatre (Michigan State University) Sigma Iota; Silver Wings (service organization) Society of Les Voyageurs; Student African American Brotherhood
Southern Student Organizing Committee; Student Environmental Action Coalition; Student Labor Action Coalition; Student League for Industrial Democracy (1946–1959) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; Student Peace Union; Students for a Democratic Society; Students for a Democratic Society (2006 organization) Students for a Libertarian ...
Students for Life of America (SFLA), also known as simply Students for Life (SFL), is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, anti-abortion organization that has formed groups of high school and college students across the country. Currently, there are over 2,000 SFL student groups across the nation.
Student rights in United States higher education are accorded by bills or laws (e.g. the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Higher Education Act of 1965) and executive orders. These have been proceduralized by the courts to varying degrees.
Some of the student governments of prestigious American universities have a history of social activism against their campus and act as independent organizations, the most notable of which being the Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC), which is the student government of UC Berkeley. The ASUC operates independently and ...
The NSA was also American host for student Eurail and air passes, and for many years served as American students' representative to IATA, the International Air Transport Association. [2] In the early 1960s, the NSA housed the United States Student Press Association and its news agency, Collegiate Press Service. Both groups spun away as ...