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What is ASGA?
The American Student Government Association is the only organization in America entirely focused on Student Government. Not leadership in general, not higher education broadly. Student Government.
Founded in 2004, ASGA gives SGs at every type of institution the tools, research, training, and community they need to be more effective, more ethical, and more influential on campus.
- ✔Hundreds of member institutions across all 50 states and internationally
- ✔11 training conferences a year, including the National SG Summit in Washington, DC
- ✔The nation’s only dedicated SG Think Tank
- ✔One-on-one consulting and a full SG Toolbox
- ✔Profiles and Grades on every SG in the nation
ASGA conference attendees showing off their conference notes
Strong Student Governments help colleges improve student engagement, retention, communication, leadership development, and campus life.
That’s why ASGA exists — to help Student Governments become more effective, influential, and respected.
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What ASGA Does
Every resource ASGA offers was purpose-built for Student Government. Designed from day one for SGs.
ASGA Mission Statement
“The American Student Government Association will provide all Student Government leaders and advisors nationwide with networking, research, and information resources and will teach them how to become more effective, ethical, and influential leaders on their campuses. ASGA also will promote the advancement of SGs, conduct research as the nation’s only ‘SG Think Tank,’ and will seek to strengthen every Student Government organization at every institution in America.”
The ASGA Commitment
Your success and satisfaction drives everything we do.
Real people answer calls & emails — no Ai, no long waits.
Everything we build is designed exclusively for SGs.
New research, resources & services added every year.
A Brief History
ASGA was founded in spring 2003 by Butch Oxendine, founder and editor-in-chief of Student Leader magazine, after surveys of 225+ SG leaders confirmed a critical gap: no national organization focused exclusively on Student Governments.
ASGA launched March 17, 2004. First conference: March 9, 2005 at Villanova University. Today: nearly 1,000 member institutions and 50,000+ trained.
Butch Oxendine at an early ASGA conference
Go Deeper
ASGA is the only national organization built exclusively for Student Government.
