Oregon Student Association

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Oregon Student Association
Founded1975
Dissolved2024
TypeStudent organization
FocusMaking Oregon higher education more affordable and accessible.
Headquarters Portland, Oregon
Members88,000
Employees3
Website www.orstudents.org

The Oregon Student Association (OSA) was a non-profit organization 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 provided a collective voice for students in state government, public universities overseen by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission as well as other state boards and commissions.

The organization ceased operations in October of 2024 due to a challenging financial landscape, with the majority of its income coming from student incidental fees, declining membership, and the death of one of its 5 staff members in a car crash, with another staff member being seriously injured. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Vanguard Portland State University Archived 2008-03-09 at the Wayback Machine "OSA lobbies for student issues every other year to the Oregon legislature. It was heralded in 2007 for helping to bring hundreds of millions of dollars more in higher education funding to Oregon."
  2. ↑ Students should use Oregon Opportunity Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine Daily Astorian 2008-02-28 retrieved 2008-03-08
  3. ↑ "A voice for Oregon's college students goes quiet as student association shuts down". opb. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
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