[2] CASA works towards an accessible, affordable, innovative and high-quality post-secondary education system.
[citation needed] Sweeping and significant changes were likely to come,[citation needed] which prompted several student unions not affiliated with the Canadian Federation of Students to try to organize efforts to lobby the federal government on education issues.
[4][citation needed] In 1998, Patrick Fitzpatrick, then acting Director of CASA, pled guilty to fraud charges after it was discovered that he embezzled money from the organization.
[5] In 2003, Liam Arbuckle, then National Director, resigned after it was alleged that he provided confidential information to a candidate hoping to succeed him.
[7] CASA currently has members in seven provinces and represents undergraduate, graduate, college and polytechnic students.