@kaykaykaykaykay The travel transition has been fragile, on all platforms, pretty much since World Adventures was released in 2009. I can't say for sure, but I think it's just breaking for you the way it breaks for a lot of people. It's possible that this particular transition, or this instance of University, had some problem that is unlikely to recur, but it's also possible that this is more about what the transition demands of your computer. I don't know the specs of your Mac, but if you have a model with a weaker processor, you might not get ideal results.
This is all speculation, but there are some things you can do to see whether this is a game or system problem rather than an unusual outcome. One is to only travel after restarting your computer and loading the game right away, with nothing else running, not even a browser. Another is to play with NRaas ErrorTrap, Overwatch, and Traveler at all times—they can be helpful no matter when you add them, but they're most effective when they have an opportunity to prevent errors rather than repairing them after the fact. I used these mods with your save and got a couple of scripterrors, although they were just cleanup and didn't point to any obvious problem. Still, they won't do any harm.
You can also try traveling your sim to University and immediately back again. If the travel transition isn't going to work at all on your system, you'll see the results right away.
I doubt EA is going to do anything about this issue because it's not a universal problem, and also because EA never bothered before now. So the question is whether you can manage the issue well enough or whether you need to avoid traveling entirely. If you do try to travel again, be sure to keep a backup save from beforehand, in case you need it later. Just use "save as" to rename the save, and the original will remain intact under its original name while you play forward under the new name.