41.   State colleges will have their hands full coping with the religious funding appeals this decision will engender.

42.   That would mean majoring in Spanish would be an option at only two state colleges.

43.   The board also released enrollment figures showing that despite overall increases in undergraduate applications, enrollments at state colleges are down from last year.

44.   The announcement was that the state colleges and universities were joining ranks to offer grants matching the federal one to AmeriCorps members who enroll with them.

45.   The chemistry major would be available temporarily at five state colleges, but that could drop to two in a year.

46.   The Democrats have called for increasing spending on schools, state colleges and Medicaid, the health care program for the poor and middle class.

47.   The flush years for state colleges are suddenly over.

48.   The HOPE scholarships provide tuition at state colleges and universities for all Georgia high school graduates with B averages.

49.   The Massachusetts board has also won nationwide acclaim for eliminating remedial education at state universities and state colleges, referring unprepared students to community colleges instead.

50.   The request by the university president and the chancellor of Minnesota state colleges and universities was unprecedented, the commission said.