Welcome to ASGA!
We founded ASGA in 2003 because no organization existed that focused exclusively on student government — not leadership in general, not higher education broadly, but student government specifically. The officers, the advisors, the challenges, the research, the training. There was a gap, and we built something to fill it.
Decades of working with student leaders taught me that most SGs face the same problems: low voter turnout, administrators who don’t take them seriously, members who show up inconsistently, terms that end before real progress gets made. ASGA exists to help you solve those problems — not with generic leadership advice, but with research, tools, and expertise built entirely around student government.
Today, nearly 1,000 institutions are ASGA members. We’ve trained more than 50,000 students and advisors at 11 conferences across the country. We’ve studied student governments at every type of institution in America. That experience is what you get access to when you join.
If you’d like to talk before joining, call me directly at 352-373-6907, ext. 103 or write to butch@asgaonline.com. I’m happy to give you a guided tour of what ASGA can do for your specific, unique “Student Government.”
W.H. “Butch” Oxendine, Jr.
Founder & Executive Director
American Student Government Association
