The WisTax study focused on the University of Wisconsin System. Among 2012 freshmen on the 13 UW-System campuses, about 18 percent were required to take remedial math and about 12 percent needed remedial English. Students who needed remedial math exceeded 40 percent at the Milwaukee, Oshkosh, Parkside and Superior campuses. Moving beyond the freshman year, the study examined retention rates. At the Madison, Eau Claire and La Crosse campuses, a combined 93 percent of new freshmen return for their second year. But at the other 10 campuses, a combined 80 percent return for a second year. However, that?s still higher than the national rate.
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