National Student Association

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The United States National Student Association, a confederation of American college and university student governments, was founded in 1947 at a conference at the University of Wisconsin. It established its first headquarters in Madison, not far from the U. of Wisconsin campus.

NSA was led by officers elected at its annual National Student Congress. From the early 1950s until 1967, its international program and some of its domestic activities were underwritten by clandestine support from the Central Intelligence Agency.

Beginning in the late 1950s, NSA conducted an annual Southern Student Human Relations Seminar (SSHRS), educating Southern student leaders on issues relating to race and civil rights. In late 1959 the SSHRS leadership opened a year-round office in Atlanta.

The 1967 revelation of NSA's ties to the Central Intelligence Agency sparked a national scandal, but did not measurably damage NSA.

In 1978 NSA merged with the National Student Lobby (NSL), to form the United States Student Association (USSA).

NSA originally housed the United States Student Press Association (USSPA), and its news agency, College Press Service (CPS).

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