Academic dismissal policies are used by universities worldwide for quality control purposes. Taiwanese universities base their policies solely on the credit fail rate (CFR) of individual semesters (S-CFR). The most common S-CFR is 50% and is called er-yi (two-one), which indicates half or more of the course credits of a semester were failed. Though actual policies vary among universities, their core designs generally rely on the concept of S-CFR. The present study first compares the dismissal policies among universities in the United States, the Netherlands, and Taiwan to demonstrate how the two–one design lacks consultation and review processes. We then argue that the disregard for cumulative grade point average, semester grade point average, and cumulative credit pass rate may lead to bias because it may lead to students with better overall academic performance being dismissed. We further validate the argument by conducting a quantitative analysis of data on the academic performance of students (N=22,703) from National Chengchi University over 11 years under four different policies. Our findings strongly indicate that the core design common in such policies, i.e., the S-CFR, should be reconsidered.