The author considers the contentions made by the recent historians discussed in the passage to be ______.

A．young people are showing less interest in higher education
B．students cannot understand modem academic texts
C．academic books are too childish for their undergraduates
D．there has been a significant change in student literacy

A．High culture of New England never equaled the high culture of England.
B．The colonists imitated the high culture of England, and did not develop a culture that was uniquely their own.
C．The Southern colonies were greatly influenced by the high culture of New England.
D．New England communities were able to create laws and build a university, but unable to create anything innovative in the arts.