Welcome to the School for Social Change
Campolo College at Eastern University | Philadelphia
The School for Social Change provides students with a context for learning that is urban-based, interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, research-focused, faith-based, and steeped in field experience. The School exists to prepare Christian agents of change — compassionate professionals and activist scholars — to use their professions and their lives to transform urban communities around the world.<more about us>
Urban Studies Programs
Eastern University’s School for Social Change, founded by author, sociologist, renown preacher and beloved professor emeritus Dr. Tony Campolo, is now admitting students to its new Master of Arts in Urban Studies with three concentrations:
Our graduates understand the causes and effects of urbanization and look at the urban environment from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Our program addresses the critical need for an informed and effective Christian influence in cities. The program lays a strong theoretical, theological and practical foundation for those who are committed to the task of making contributions to the city. <more> <play video (wmv)>
MA in Urban Studies Trailer
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Eastern in the City
Eastern in the City exists to facilitate transformation in the lives of individuals
by providing a rigorous, affordable, faith-integrated education.
Eastern in the City offers the same two-year core curriculum required on Eastern’s main campus. Your credits are transferable to the Baccalaureate degree program at St. Davids or to any other four-year degree programs. So, you may choose to major in any discipline offered at Eastern or at any other four-year degree granting institution. <more>
Eastern in the City
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High School Programs
Cross-Boundaries College for Young Professionals removes barriers to postsecondary education. A dual-enrollment program for high school juniors and seniors, Cross-Boundaries courses prepare high school students with academic rigor, cultural character and the dedicated support to reveal their promise and inspire success. <more>
Eastern University Academy Charter School (A BAEO/Big Picture Early College High School) launches early college careers and challenge beliefs that resist raising the bar and lifting the spirit.
The mission of Eastern University Academy Charter School is to provide a holistic, college-integrated learning community dedicated to the education of each student in the context of his/her unique interests. The school will provide students with an environment of excitement and early expectation through an integrative discovery-based learning experience that will develop logical reasoning, critical thinking, and purpose driven global citizens. The school will graduate self-directed, self-aware learners many of whom will have successfully mastered college level work. <more>
Certificate Programs
The Center for Community Education provides resources to pastors and other leaders who involve churches in urban transformation. Our network provides opportunities to collaborate and share models of community and economic development that provide solutions to problems churches face everyday. We raise awareness of the role of faith in developing sustainable community resources. <more>
Center for Urban Youth Development
The Center for Urban Youth Development (CUYD) provides training and resources for organizations and individuals serving the needs of urban youth. Through the development of academic programs (certificate and degree), special events, and instructional institutes, we address the critical needs of both youth and youth workers. <more>
Dr. Tony Campolo
Dr. Campolo paces his sermons with vivid and unforgettable stories. His stories have been told and retold over the years. The birthday party for Agnes, the prostitute in Hawaii; the hitchhiker on the Pennsylvania Turnpike; the Gulf and Western board meeting; the old lady's scarf that got caught in his zipper on the elevator--these stories make us laugh, lighten our load, inspire us, make us cry and, through the Holy Spirit, make us alive. Tony preaches straight from the heart, often challenging both conservative and liberal assumptions in the very same sermon.
Below, find a video or one of our favorite stories. It begins like this...
"A friend of mine is a minister in Bellaire, California--Bellaire Presbyterian Church. One of the really ritzy places on the face of he planet, Bellaire.I mean, it’s where the movie stars live. Mull Holland Drive sits in this magnificent place overlooking this valley. She’s a minister there. Every Christmas she goes to the Nordstrom's Department Store. She can’t afford to buy anything, but …" <click here for more about Dr. Tony Campolo>
Dr. Tony Campolo
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School for Social Change
Campolo College of Graduate and Professional Studies
Eastern University | Philadelphia
990 Spring Garden Street, Sixth Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19123
