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The University of California Student Association (UCSA) is an active 501(c)(3)
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(UC) students. Its charter states that it "shall exist to: serve the interests of the current and future students of the University of California and promotes 'sic''.html" ;"title="sic.html" ;"title="'sic">'sic''">sic.html" ;"title="'sic">'sic''cooperation between various student governments of the University and student organizations concerned with higher education." The Association is not a public agency, but its leadership is composed of representatives of UC student governments, which are "official units of the University" system (with one exception). UCSA participates in various aspects of the UC system's
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, notably including the selection of the student representative on the UC Board of Regents. UCSA representatives have opposed education funding cuts and increases in student fees and supported affirmative action in enrollment policies. The association mobilizes students via voter registration campaigns; it recorded 26,000 new voter registrations in 2006, and added 12,300 new registrations in 2008 for the California Democratic and Republican primaries. In April 2016, UCSA called for the removal of then- chancellor of
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. In January and October 2017, UCSA called for the removal of
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, a UC Regent, due to sexual harassment allegations that Pattiz has admitted to.


Governance

UCSA's governing body is its board of directors, which is chartered to be made up of the external vice presidents of all UC student governments. However, UCSA generally requires each student government to pay dues to maintain voting rights on the board. Thus, student governments may effectively "withdraw" from UCSA by refusing to pay dues. In May 2017, the UCSA board of directors included voting members from 18 student governments. That number dropped to 11 in 2018 because a number of professional and graduate student governments withdrew from UCSA and formed a separate organization named "University of California Graduate and Professional Council". , the UCSA board of directors included voting members from the following student governments: *
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(UC Berkeley) * Associated Students, UC Davis (previously withdrew in 2006) * Associated Students, UC Irvine (previously withdrew in 2014) * Undergraduate Students Association Council (UCLA) * Graduate Students Association of UCLA (previously withdrew in 2008) * Associated Students of UC Merced * Associated Students of UC Riverside * UC San Diego Associated Students * Associated Students of UC Santa Barbara * Graduate Students Association of UC Santa Barbara * Student Union Assembly (UC Santa Cruz)


Student regent selection

Southern and northern regional UC student nominating commissions annually select ten semifinalists for
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. These semifinalists are then interviewed by the UCSA board of directors. The board chooses three applicants, who are then interviewed by a special Regents' committee. The committee then recommends a nominee to the full board of
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.


See also

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African Black Coalition The Afrikan Black Coalition (ABC) are a group of student organizations for black students at University of California schools, formed to unite and solve issues concerning academic policy, campus social atmosphere, and matriculation of black studen ...
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California State Student Association The California State Student Association (CSSA), also known as the Cal State Student Association, is an "unincorporated income tax exempt association". CSSA is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue C ...
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National Association of Graduate-Professional Students The National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS) represents postgraduates at US universities. It was formed in 1986 and held the first national conference in 1987. It is formed by affiliation from student representative bodies ...
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Student Senate for California Community Colleges Student Senate for the California Community Colleges (SSCCC) was a task force established in 1988 by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. SSCCC was originally known as the "Council of Student Body Governments" and then la ...
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United States Student Association The United States Student Association (USSA) is an American student organization. According to ''Inside Higher Education'' in 2015, it was the largest of a number of student associations that were arguing for free higher education. See also * Ore ...


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