Parallel universes

An article in The Guardian today, "White, middle-class families dominate top university places," demonstrates that the U.K. is dealing with some of the same issues involving gaps in college participation that we're dealing with in the U.S. For a similar analysis in the U.S., see this piece from a few years ago by Tony Carnevale and Stephen Rose, "Socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, and selective college admissions."