Does Students United Really Help State Funding for Higher Education: Analyzing the Strength of State Student Associations Effect on State Higher Education Funding in the U.S. (2013-2018)

Author

Mike McNeely

Date of Award

5-5-2019

Document Type

Thesis

Department

Political Science

First Advisor

Dr. Patrick Donnay

Abstract

There are many different types of state student associations (SSAs). They simply work as a form of student systems. These organizations seek to represent their respective public college or university while also being a voice for state students. SSAs also lobby on big issues such as higher education funding at the state level. I evaluate the overall success of SSA types and higher education funding in the United States between 2013 and 2018. In order to test competing higher education funding theories and my thesis I used Phillip H. Pollock III’s states data (Pollock III, 2016) and Grapevine data from Illinois State University. I also used data from the Student Empowerment Training Project, which documents state student association types in each U.S. State. I researched the effect these state student associations or SSA types have on higher education funding across all 50 U.S. states.

Recommended Citation

McNeely, Mike, "Does Students United Really Help State Funding for Higher Education: Analyzing the Strength of State Student Associations Effect on State Higher Education Funding in the U.S. (2013-2018)" (2019). Political Science Theses and Capstones. 44.
https://pines.bemidjistate.edu/capstone-polisci/44