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The Five-Year Party was featured on the following publication web pages and sites:

*The News Tribune (Tacoma, WA): http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/08/29/1319427/news-brief-29virgins.html

*Valley View News Now (Chester, Deep River, Essex, CT): http://valleynewsnow.com/2010/08/the-40k-binge/

*Cape May County Herald (Cape May County, NJ): http://www.capemaycountyherald.com/article/65560-fiveyear+party

*College Plus: http://www.collegeplus.org/blog/2010/08/30/the-five-year-party—book-review

*The Fiscal Times: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Issues/The-Economy/2010/08/26/Are-We-Headed-for-a-Labor-Shortage.aspx

*Guide to Literary Agents: http://www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog/

*Montclaire State University: http://www.montclair.edu/news/article.php?ArticleID=6080

Craig Brandon, author of The Five-Year Party, was interviewed about the book on 1360 WMNY in Pittsburgh, PA, on Sept. 1, 2010, at 11:30 a.m. ET.

The Five-Year Party was referenced to with snippets from the text on the Anderson Cooper 360 blog:

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/23/college-students-less-study-more-leisure/

The Five-Year Party was featured on the following publications and sites:

*Times Union (Albany, NY; circ. 141,210): http://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/The-right-student-needs-the-right-college-623003.php

*Belhaven University president’s blog: http://blogs.belhaven.edu/president/2010/08/19/whats-wrong-with-higher-education-some-answers/

*Educated Quest: http://educatedquest.blogspot.com/2010/08/book-review-five-year-party-how.html

*Sugarplum’s Solo Blog: http://sugarplumssolo.blogspot.com/2010/08/five-year-party.html

*Jim Garven’s Blog: http://sugarplumssolo.blogspot.com/2010/08/five-year-party.html

*Inside Catholic: http://www.insidecatholic.com/feature/universities-who-needs-em.html

*In Defence of Liberty (the Liberty Institute): http://indefenceofliberty.org/story.aspx?id=3597&pubid=3587

*Boston Book Bums: http://bostonbookbums.wordpress.com/

The “World News with Diane Sawyer” online feature of  The Five-Year Party was syndicated to The Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/12/college-a-five-year-party_n_679697.html

Author Craig Brandon has recently been interviewed about the book and its topics on these radio stations:

*96.9 Boston Talks (Boston): http://www.969bostontalks.com/podcast/index.aspx

*WTIC NewsTalk 1080 (Hartford-New Haven, CT)

The Five-Year Party was mentioned on the following blogs and sites:

*Education Week: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/walt_gardners_reality_check/2010/08/the_latest_indictment_of_colleges.html

*Bookmarks Magazine: http://www.bookmarksmagazine.com/book-review/five-year-party-how-colleges-have-given-educating-your-child-and-what-you-can-do-about-i

*Lymeline: http://www.lymeline.com/news.php?viewStory=3556

*WebandAll.net: http://www.webandall.net/education/education-teacher-college-education-in-america-what-the-hey-let’s-party/

*Nones Notes: http://nonesnotes.wordpress.com/2010/08/12/college-education-in-america-what-the-hey-let’s-party/

*National Association of Scholars: http://www.nas.org/polArticles.cfm?doctype_code=Article&doc_id=1485

*WGN Radio (Chicago): http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/mikemcconnell/wgnam-mike-mcconnell-five-years-college-craig-brandon,0,4262027.mp3file

Craig Brandon, author of The Five-Year Party, wrote an editorial on party schools that appeared on Forbes.com: http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/01/party-school-drinking-opinions-best-colleges-10-opinions-brandon.html

Brandon will also be interviewed Thursday, Aug. 12, 11:06 a.m. CT on the  “Mike McConnell Show,” airing in Chicago and parts of the Midwest on WGN Radio (1 million listeners each week).

The Five-Year Party was mentioned on the following blogs and sites:

*Critical Mass: http://erinoconnor.org/2010/08/millennial-animal-house/

*Professor Mondo: http://profmondo.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/another-addition-to-my-reading-list/

*BradWarthen.com: http://bradwarthen.com/

*Joemama’s Free Press: http://joemamasfreepress.blogspot.com/2010/08/pushback-against-college-life.html

The Five-Year Party and its author Craig Brandon are featured in an online series called The Conversation on the “World News with Diane Sawyer” website: http://abcnews.go.com/WN/conversation-craig-brandon-discusses-college-education-year-party/story?id=11374894

Brandon will be on 97.3 KIRO FM radio in Seattle at 5:05 ET/2:05 PT today, Aug. 11.

The Five-Year Party and Brandon are also on the follow sites:

*Shelfari blog: http://blog.shelfari.com/my_weblog/2010/08/omni-daily-news-4.html

*Blog on Books (which posted its favorable review on Amazon, Twitter and Facebook): http://www.blogonbooks.com/?p=8991

*EarlyWord: http://www.earlyword.com/2010/08/10/party-schools/

*Arts and Sciences College Forum: http://ascforum.blogspot.com/2010/08/wsj-review-of-five-year-party.html

*Alliance Alert: http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/09/why-so-many-colleges-are-education-free-zones/

The Five-Year Party was featured on:

*The Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/09/mary-roach-amitava-kumar_n_675696.html

*The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/article/Selected-New-Books-on-Higher/123856/?key=Gmh6J1E6bXBJZnA3Pj0SZzxRaSBqNUN0YHMdPih8bltRFA%3D%3D

*National Review Online: http://www.nationalreview.com/phi-beta-cons/242797/higher-ed-establishment-must-be-fuming-george-leef

*Tim Copeland’s Higher Education and Enrollment Management blog: http://www.enrollmentmarketing.org/highereducation/2010/08/why-so-many-colleges-are-education-free-zones.html

The Five-Year Party was reviewed in the Aug. 9, 2010, issue of The Wall Street Journal. The reviewer wrote: “The Five-Year Party is a useful handbook for parents to pack when they take their teenager on a college tour, and its list of suggested questions is smart.” See the full review here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703720504575377141083733402.html?KEYWORDS=The+Five-Year+Party#articleTabs%3Darticle