A recent study on the benefits of distance learning issued by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), led Walden University President Jonathan Kaplan to publish an editorial in Inside Higher Ed, a premier higher education news source, on the benefits of online education.

The challenges posed by multi-state regulation of distance learning and online higher education will be the focal point of the October 13, 2009, session of The President’s Forum, a gathering of distance learning leaders from around the nation.

The lines have clearly been drawn between those who champion traditional learning and those who believe online education is the only way to go. However, the truth may lie somewhere in the middle. In this real world educational romance the Capulet’s and Montague’s can coexist quite swimmingly, if you allow yourself to see the big picture and appreciate what both offer.