@article{Bourke_Tascón_Vanderveken_Ecker_2023, title={Rethinking Postsecondary Access and Engagement for Low-income Adult Learners Through a Community Hub Partnership Approach}, volume={34}, url={https://cjsae.library.dal.ca/index.php/cjsae/article/view/5669}, DOI={10.56105/cjsae.v34i02.5669}, abstractNote={<p>This paper draws upon a case study of a campus-community partnership program in Ontario that delivers tuition-free college courses to low-income adult learners in community hub locations. By co-locating college classrooms in existing neighbourhood gathering places (i.e., a community centre and a public library), our research explores whether integrating college capacity and resources in community hub locations can help increase the accessibility of post-secondary education. In doing so, we address a gap in the research in exploring how community hubs provide a support structure that can help boost the motivation of low-income adult learners and better facilitate their pathway to a post-secondary education. Drawing upon a thematic analysis of interview data, we (a) analyze partners’ perspectives on the community hub–based approach in bolstering the accessibility of higher education, (b) reflect on the process of campus-community engagement underpinning the partnership structure, and (c) critically assess the efficacy of the community hub model in connecting learners with an educational pathway.</p>}, number={02}, journal={Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education}, author={Bourke, Alan and Tascón, Clara and Vanderveken, James and Ecker, Emily}, year={2023}, month={Jan.}, pages={89–105} }