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Our Latest Blog: Does Place Still Matter? Rebundling Higher Education for an Unbundled World.

By: Van Ton-Quinlivan, CEO, Futuro Health

In preparing for a recent lunchtime panel with the American Council on Education and its 800+ conference attendees—titled “Unbundled. Accelerated. Aligned.”—I found myself returning to a deceptively simple question: What is the value of “place” today, when learning can happen anywhere?

On my panel were executives from Coursera and edX, platforms that collectively reach hundreds of millions of learners worldwide. We were preparing for a provocative discussion—one that would challenge long-held assumptions about the primacy of the physical campus.

For more than a century, colleges and universities have earned public trust by bundling multiple functions into a single, cohesive experience: content, instruction, assessment, credentials, learner support, and community. This campus-based model didn’t just deliver education—it expanded access, fueled innovation, and helped build the American middle class. “Place” mattered because it concentrated opportunity. It signaled quality. It created belonging.

But that bundle is no longer fixed.

In 2022, Shiela was finally able to go back to school to pursue her career aspirations and began her Vocational Nursing Program with Futuro Health’s support. Shiela proudly graduated as valedictorian with honors, earning the credentials she needs to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a registered nurse. “Futuro Health was really supportive all throughout the program. They don’t just give you the program. They’re also there for you to make sure you’re physically and emotionally good throughout the program.”

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Dr. Pam Eddinger, President of Bunker Hill Community College: Blurring Traditional Education Boundaries

Offering only one degree; developing a cloud computing program in collaboration with Amazon Web Services; working with high schools so students can earn an associate degree before graduation: these are examples of the kind of innovation community colleges must pursue to stay relevant to students and employers alike, according to our guest today, Dr. Pam Eddinger, president of Bunker Hill Community College. “This is where the next iteration of community college must be. We can’t just stay in a classroom. It doesn’t work that way anymore.” Those examples and others are included in the new book Dr. Eddinger is co-editing, Beyond the College Walls: Partnerships and the Future of Community College Reform, which is due out from Harvard Education Press in September, 2026. As she explains to Futuro Health CEO Van Ton-Quinlivan, who contributed a chapter to the book, community colleges must work to blur the boundaries between high school, college, and careers and make it easier for students -- especially adult learners -- to gain the skills they need in ways that fit their lives. Join us for a forward-looking WorkforceRx conversation on how community colleges are reimagining pathways to economic mobility and building partnerships that connect students more directly to opportunity.