I have noticed that among my many successful, high flyers MBA graduates, they have one outstanding trait or character. The attitude of 'push on achieving', a principle which ANU advocates for all their students to adopt. In the face of recession, boom or crisis, the attitude is to 'push on achieving' big or small achievements doesn't matter but the consistency of accomplishing achieving targets, goals and objectives are more important than the quantity.
If you find your life is a bit on the down hill, due to the work place environment or due to the economic situations, take heart, just push on achieving. Masters students never 'give up' and they are trained and taught to see things from a different angle or view.
In times of recession, which is about to come, judging from the symptoms of the US economy, we at ANU look at it as a blessing and a time for us to compete with the ivy league big campus universities. Our free scholarship schemes will propel us ahead for executives and for financially strapped students to adopt our programs in order to get ahead. Indeed, we look forward to the recession and welcome it as it will be very good for us.

Assignments for college and universities students are part and parcel of their academic life. Some assignments are based on work place which is more meaningful for the students. They will learn more and reap more benefits from such assignment.
Other types of assignment are purely academic. Good for getting the students to do research and more readings. Unfortunately,most students don't reap much benefits from these types of assignments. However, these are the norms rather than the exception.
I have always advocate that universities should allow input from the local deans, tutors and professors as they are the closest people to the students and they are in the best position to understand what is needed and what is redundant. However, university's system are bureacratic in nature and very conservative in thinking and in action, despite what they are teaching about managing change and adaptability to environment. There is however one university which is different from the others, ANU in Kentucky, which strives for performance for their students. ANU has the lowest fees structure, most flexible modules system and continuous registration to cater to the needs of working professional. For more details, please contact freescholarshipanu@gmail.com.