Which of the Following Statements Is False Concerning Increasing Access

Which of the following statements is false concerning increasing access to colleges in the 1800s?

A) In 1860, virtually no college admitted women but, by 1900, 61 colleges admitted women.
B) In 1862, the federal government passed the Morrill Act to establish colleges of agriculture and mechanical arts by giving more than 11 million acres of public land to states in order to endow these new colleges.
C) Colleges established under the Morrill Act came to be known as land grant colleges.
D) Until circa 1870, colleges were largely a private effort that required students to pay tuition, but states had already begun to open up their own universities.
E) All are correct