Around 1800, higher education in the United States
A. served about two percent of the white men in the country.
B. was increasingly becoming dominated by public institutions.
C. saw the number of colleges and universities growing substantially.
D. gave access to women, blacks, and Indians.
E. began to admit many more poor citizens than before.
C
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