IUSA travels to D.C.

The IU Student Association executives will meet with all the Indiana representatives and senators in Washington, D.C., today to discuss issues affecting higher education in Indiana.

The executives will join representatives from Purdue’s student government to discuss issues such as sexual assault, college affordability, textbooks and undocumented college students.

“We’re able to give feedback to representatives from government agencies and our respective states on what’s going on from our perspectives in higher education, so they can hear it from the students themselves,” Kauffman said.

They will meet these representatives as a part of the Association of Big Ten Student’s annual trip to Washington, D.C.

This event allows representatives from Big Ten student governments to talk to representatives from their respective states about important issues in higher education.

Big Ten student governments went to the White House Monday for a briefing from representatives from the president’s office to gain the perspective on what is happening in higher education.

Later, they met with the IU Head of Federal Relations and a representative from the Department of Education for meetings that centered around changes in the Department of Education and college affordability.

Kauffman said this meeting of student government and national government is a powerful tool in getting student voices heard, from the campus level to a national level.  
“These concerns are not just unique to IU students,” Kauffman said. “The collective voice of student governments coming together at a place like Capital Hill can be really effective.”