A Evening Sun story yesterday on community college tuition misstated the reduction in state aid to Maryland community colleges, which amounts to a 25 percent drop.

The story also mistakenly compared the new tuition rate of $48 a credit hour at Baltimore County community colleges with rates no longer in effect elsewhere. The correct rates for community colleges in the following counties are: Anne Arundel, $54; Harford, $56; Howard, $53; and Frederick, $56.

The Evening Sun regrets the errors.