We can infer from the second paragraph that _____.

正确答案： A

解析：
根据第二段第一句“In recent years universities have been coming under increasing pressure from both the governments and the public to ensure that they do not remain ‘ivory towers’ (象牙塔) of study separated from the realities of everyday life”可知，大学现在面临来自政府和公众的压力，要求大学不能再保持其脱离现实生活的象牙塔的地位了，由此可见，社会对大学是不满的。