Everyone wants to be successful and to enjoy the benefits and rewards of a top job and both the professional satisfaction and personal happiness a great career brings. The connection between education, success, jobs, and careers is most important in achieving this success. Today's world - the 21st Century - abounds with opportunity as well as challenge. Success is certainly possible but it requires the right perspective.

Education is not an "end", it is merely a beginning. Look at success as an objective, or destination. One's career, and the jobs that happen in that career, is the journey to success. Education is like one of the vehicles that can help transport you to your destination in that journey. Looking at education and careers from this perspective, one can see that the destination and journey must be clear first - one needs to know about one's career and where one is going before selecting an education.

This means knowledge about jobs that are available, employer requirements, opportunities, likely future developments, and so on. When this is understood, preparation for success can begin with the right education. This is all about planning for success. Unfortunately, too many students begin this journey with no idea of exactly where they're going or how to get there. Planning is a critical element of success.

America - A world leader in every field
America is a known leader in every field and its impact on literally everything is undeniable. From medicine, science, and business to entertainment, computer technology, and engineering, America and American companies drive innovation, business, and opportunity. America accounts for nearly one third of the planet's economy and many of America's fifty states have economies larger than most countries. From Hollywood for Entertainment, Wall Street for Finance, and Madison Avenue for Advertising, to Silicon Valley for Computers, John Hopkins for Medicine, and Fifth Avenue for Fashion, American destinations are among the world's best known.

American brands and icons are synonymous with success and there simply isn't a field without an American icon for achievement: NASA for space; General Electric for manufacturing; General Motors and Ford for vehicles; Boeing for aerospace; Citibank for banking; Motorola for telecommunications; Amazon.com for e-commerce; Yahoo! and Google for the Internet; IBM, Dell, and Intel for computers; and the list seems to never end. In fact, well over 400 American companies rank in the World's Top 1,000 (the Global 1000 by Business Week) but less than 90 are British and fewer than 30 are Australian.

American Education - Gateway to success for all students
American education has helped produce these successes. American education combines a career-oriented approach with a broad-based general knowledge in the context of a classroom experience that is not based on merely reading textbooks and taking exams. American students focus on acquiring knowledge and how to apply that knowledge. There is what can be referred to as "continual assessment" and where relevant, an opportunity to apply knowledge. American students learn by interaction, participation, and practical activities as well as textbooks, classroom theory, and exams.

For graduates this means a greater chance of personal and professional success as well as global opportunities with thousands of American corporations and the international companies they work with all around the world. And, with nearly 4,000 universities and hundreds of programmes, American education not only offers the prospect of success, it offers the chance of success in the field that a student actually loves. One does not have to wait for a "chair" in this or a "seat" in that - there is ample opportunity for all students, regardless of their interests. And by studying in a field that is of genuine interest to the individual, a student will do much better and, therefore, increase their chances of success.

ANC - A leader in American education
ANC has emerged as the leader in American university programmes for both Sri Lankan and international students studying in Sri Lanka. A wide range of programmes ensures an option to meet individual student and family requirements. Most students will complete a "2+2" programme where they do the first two years of their American degree in Sri Lanka and then transfer to the US to finish their Bachelor-Degree in the final two years. Since ANC offers a fully accredited American programme with US transcripts, ANC students can easily transfer to American universities all across the US and Canada.

It is essential that an international programme, like an American program, has a strong international element. This is certainly true at ANC. All ANC students will benefit from a total American university environment, including American accredited programmes, US university transcripts, American and American-trained professors and staff, American programme supervision and quality control, US curricula, American university standard facilities, American teaching style, and a true American "look and feel".

Success begins with professional advice
With so many options in both education and careers, today's student needs professional career advice. At ANC students will receive the advice they need from senior, experienced international professionals. If they join ANC, they will continue to receive education advising and career counselling throughout their education, ensuring a smooth and seamless transfer to the US, if they complete their degree overseas.
Visit ANC - 308-310, R.A De Mel Mawatha, Colombo - 3. or call Hareeni on 077 3899938, Ifthikar on 0777 484 484, or Upeka on 077 38 444 38