That powerful social elevator called University

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN PROMOTING CHANGE AND SELFIMPROVEMENT. THIS IS EMPHASIZED BY BOCCONI ALUMNUS AND DONOR ERDIT HOXHA, WHO FROM A BOCCONI DORMS IS NOW A PARTNER AT GOLDMAN SACHS IN LONDON

The University, a powerful engine of social mobility. Erdit Hoxha, 39, partner of Goldman Sachs in London, alumnus and donor of Bocconi, is convinced: "Good universities play a fundamental role in transforming the life and future of a young person, they are a perfect engine of change".

Erdit was born in Tirana and did middle and high school in Puglia, where he graduated with a scientific baccalauréat in four years instead of five , then did four years of university residence at Bocconi and earned a Degree in Finance from Clefin thanks to an ISU Bocconi scholarship. He is very clear on the social function of universities: "Social mobility is an objective of society as a whole because it means ensuring that human resources can be used in the most efficient way, giving opportunities to those who deserve it the most". It is this spirit that made him to look back and in turn support his Alma Mater through two forms of financial support devoted in part to students who, like him, come from Albania.
“It is not a question of charity”, he continues, “but of investing in the merit of smart young women and men. And merit is the concept underlying the pact that is inherent between donor and beneficiary". A bond is created that contributes to creating a network that is fundamental for the very development of the University, as Erdit Hoxha says: "Universities that really want to compete at an international level cannot do without the support of alumni and alumnae. A network that is not made only of economic support, but a whole ecosystem of support that sees us, for example, become mentors and reference points for the new generations of students". A virtuous circle he also experience of through Anglo-Saxon campuses, since he lives in the UK. "When I look at where my colleagues send their children to college, I see that it is always universities characterized by highly developed communities. A good university is not only the quality of teaching, but also the historical and future capacity of its network. And Bocconi has this potential".

by Andrea Celauro