Fairness in Education

Awhile back, I posted a discussion comparing fairness in higher education in NZ vs. the US. The short story then was that things are much fairer here than in the States. Just to add another layer to the debate, The Economist has a nice short piece on many ways that class unfairly affects one's higher education (and therefore life prospects) in the US, at a time when social mobility is becoming more important but less feasible.