Student organizations are common in universities, but their involvement in decisions varies. National associations are rare in public policy. Regional associations and the Global Student Forum are strengthening student voices in international education policy.

Africa's rapidly expanding higher education is transforming student politics, evident in the changing nature of student organizations, their role in governance, technology's impact on political agency, and new discourses on education in Africa and the Global South.

Chile's market-driven, segregated, and highly privatized education system has reshaped higher education, leading students to view it as inequitable and unfair. The student movement has been a key actor in responding through constant, often massive protests over the past 30 years.