Politics and Students

Student political movements are a worldwide phenomenon. Issues that have sparked college and university activists have ranged from government policies to university reform to narrower campus matters, such as housing. Thus, student political activism varies widely. Generally, students in the developing countries of the Third World have had a greater impact on their nations than have students in the industrialized world. Student movements tend to oppose the established order. More often than not, they are leftist and nationalist. There is strong student support of right-wing activism for Islamic fundamentalism in the contemporary Muslim world. Below are links to student centers.