Transactional not transformational: the rise of the mega university

In Australia, the days of big ideas and life-long friends are long gone. Now the onus is on getting a degree and getting out.

Julie HareEducation editor

Jun 23, 2023 – 10.05am

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For 13 years, Emily Goncalves drove past Monash, one of Australia’s most highly ranked universities, and its largest, on her way to school. She never wanted to go anywhere else.

“I had my heart set to do a degree at Monash from the beginning of high school. If I could go back and tell my 17-year-old-self what I know now, I would have made a different decision,” Goncalves says.