This Week's Cavalcade of Carnivals

I love blog Carnivals. I read a lot, and I participate in a lot.
This week, here are some interesting ones.
The Seventh Edition of the Carnival of Improved Life is open today. Tons of interesting information about how to life better, feel better, and get an athletic scholarship (okay, that one was me).
The Carnival of Kids and Money has some great posts about how to help your kids learn about saving and investing, as well as ways to help them spend money wisely. The host, Money Hacks, does a organizes his posts very clearly–and creatively.
The newest discovery is the Carnival of LinkedIn Bloggers, which is hosted this week by Paula G Web Design.  It’s an eclectic mix of posts.  I love using LinkedIn…I had three new folks Link In with me just today!
Finally, there is a new Carnival in town: the Carnival of Sports News, hosted by Cricket Buzz. It’s a worthwhile addition to the blogosphere, and you should check it out…and perhaps participate!
Mark Montgomery
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Is Cost of Tuition High? Stop Whining?

I wrote a guest commentary that appeared in the online edition of the Denver Post yesterday. It’s about the high cost of tuition, with special attention given to tuition prices in the state of Colorado.
It’s clear from reading the comments that many readers misunderstood my central point: that the citizens of Colorado cannot have it both ways: they cannot continue to refuse to underwrite the cost of tuition through higher taxes and continue to complain that tuition is too high.
Money does not grow on trees. There is no free lunch. The piper must be paid.
Someone has to pay for the college education to which we aspire. And it’s going to be either the taxpayers, the students (and their parents) or some combination of both.
And at the moment, the cost of the education is falling to the student. Colorado ranks 49th in terms of public support of higher eduction.
It’s fun to read the comments, and I encourage you to read them, too.
Mark Montgomery
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