Students Trying to ‘Escape the Trump Years’ Turn to UK Universities
As the Trump administration clashes with elite colleges and targets foreign students, Britain is seen as a place to escape the polarizing politics on US campuses.
Students outside King’s College, University of Cambridge.
Photographer: Vivian Wan/Bloomberg
For the past 15 years, Don McMillan, a college-admissions consultant, has worked just down the road from Harvard University, one of the most prestigious schools targeted by his clients from the US and around the globe.
This month, he expanded his business 3,000 miles (4,800 kilometers) and an ocean away to tap into what’s becoming a rapidly growing line of work: Advising the students who are souring on America and looking to go to college in the UK instead.