Distance Education and Concurrent / Dual Enrollment

I have been concerned about applying Distance Education in a broader and fuller way to Concurrent (also called Dual Enrollment) Enrollment. I have been on all sides of the Concurrent Enrollment (CE) idea -- missing out on the opportunity as a high school student, having children take CE classes, being a CE teacher, college site liason. As a parent, I have seen success with my children. As a teacher of CE in the CTE area, I have instructed students who have completed over 30 semester hours of skill-specific training toward an associate degree, half the requirement. I have also seen the bad side. Rules that make it so that students who get more than a certain number of hours, move to sophomore status and are not eligible for scholarships, or who loose a year of NCAA sports elegibility. Something is wrong here -- encouraging young people to excell, do better, be more prepared, complete college and job training sooner, move on to other advanced training -- and then penalize them.
But I see a need to apply Distance Education (DE) in a greater expansion to the needs of CE. The goals of both are the same -- quality, consistency, rigor, advancement, reaching more students, delivering higher education to those who may least be able to afford it, opening doors of opportunity. How do we do this? We make it the focus of a change in ideas and ideals. We overcome pride of individuals, of political parties, of institutional 'penny powers', of control and narrowness. We find ways to combine, agree, align, share, help and build. We all do what we can and surprise ourselves. We work together to produce quality programs of DE that produce quality CE and produce quality DE-GREE. If we want to be a top state in a top nation, we need to learn to be top providers of excellent education in ways that reach everyone. DE is for me!!!