Adam Kissel of The Heritage Foundation notes there was a trend away from standardized tests because of an anti-racism hysteria that accelerated in 2020 along with school closures because of the pandemic. But he says that is changing.
"The University of Miami and every other school that is reinstating standardized tests in the admissions process can have a lot more confidence going forward that the students that they admit are going to actually graduate."
The university’s official website states that its standardized test score policy had been “paused” for the pandemic, which mostly concluded three or so years ago.
Now, the standardized test score policy is set to be reinstated for any student applying during the 2026 undergraduate admissions cycle, the school states.
Ivy League schools Dartmouth, Yale and Brown, plus Johns Hopkins University, the University of Texas at Austin and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have all reinstated standardized testing.
Unfortunately, Kissel says some colleges are more interested in tuition than in student graduation rates.
“Other colleges that have more than open access policy don't care so much about academic quality but do care to have the tuition money from as many students as possible as they get pressed. Financially, they may want to admit many students who are not likely to finish because they want the tuition,” Kissell said.
