SEOGWIPO, South Korea -- Serena thought she stood a reasonable chance of fulfilling her ambition to study psychology at Harvard or Columbia University.

A poetry class at North London Collegiate School Jeju: The positioning of Jeju's international school cluster as a way station between the South Korean mainland and overseas universities is under stress due to drastic changes to U.S. education and immigration policy. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
Island gateway to Western universities ponders pivot toward Asia